whirling

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1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun whirling has 1 sense

whirling(n = noun.act) gyration - the act of rotating in a circle or spiral; Array

is a kind of rotary motion, rotation

Derived form verb whirl₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

whirling, a. & n.

a. & n. from Whirl, v. t. [1913 Webster]

Whirling table. (a) (Physics) An apparatus provided with one or more revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, and other attachments, for illustrating the phenomena and laws of centrifugal force, and the like. (b) A potter's wheel.

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THESAURUS

whirling

angular momentum, angular motion, angular velocity, axial motion, bowling, centrifugation, circulation, circumgyration, circumrotation, full circle, gyrating, gyration, pivoting, reeling, revolution, revolving, roll, rolling, rotating, rotation, rotational motion, spin, spinning, swinging, swirling, swiveling, trolling, trundling, turbination, turning, twirling, volutation, volution, wheeling, whir

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