Gyration
[dʒaɪ'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [dʒaɪ'reʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.
(n.) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Rotation, whirling, revolution, circular motion.
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Examples
- One eye was buried in the soft loam; the other, rolling sidewise, was fixed in awe upon the strange gyrations of Professor Porter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He finds that nothing agrees with him so well as to make little gyrations on one leg of his stool, and stab his desk, and gape. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If we have no concern or interest, the waving of the arms is as meaningless to us as the gyrations of the arms of a windmill. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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