Circumvolution

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An act of turning, coiling, or folding about a center, a core, or an axis.
  • n. A single turn, coil, or fold; a convolution.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. revolution, rotation or gyration around an axis
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled.
  • n. A thing rolled round another.
  • n. A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of rolling around.
  • n. The state of being rolled around or wound into a roll.
  • n. One of the windings of a thing wound or twisted; a convolution.
  • n. Figuratively, a winding; a roundabout method of procedure.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rotation    rotary motion   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    circumlocution    rotation    revolution    coil    winding   
     
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