| Main Entry: | rotation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turn |
Synonyms: |
circle, circumrotation, circumvolution, gyration, orbit, revolution |
| Main Entry: | circumvolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revolution |
Synonyms: |
circulation, circumrotation, convolution, gyration, rotation, turn, whirl |
| Concept: | [Motion in a continued circle] Rotation. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
rotation, revolution, gyration, circulation, roll; circumrotation, circumvolution, circumgyration; volutation, circination, turbination, pirouette, convolution., verticity, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge; countercurrent; cyclone, tornado; surge; vertigo, dizzy round; merry-go-round; Maelstrom, Charybdis; Ixion., wheel, screw, whirligig, rollingstone, windmill; top, teetotum; roller; flywheel; jack; caster., axis, axle, spindle, pivot, pin, hinge, pole, swivel, gimbals, arbor, bobbin, mandrel., [Science of rotary motion] trochilics.
-verbs
rotate; roll along; revolve, spin; turn round; circumvolve; circulate, gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, twirl, trundle, troll, bowl., roll up, furl; wallow, welter; box the compass; spin like a top, spin like a teetotum.
-adjectives
rotating; rotary, rotary; circumrotatory, trochilic, vertiginous, gyratory; vortical, vorticose.
-adverbs
head over heels, round and round, like a horse in a mill.
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