gyration – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
gyration
n.
circular movement, whirling, rotation
Gyration
gyration
Noun
1. a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"
(synonym) rotation, revolution
(hypernym) turning, turn
(hyponym) dextrorotation, clockwise rotation
(derivation) spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
2. the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
(synonym) whirling
(hypernym) rotation, rotary motion
(derivation) spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
Gyration
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
gyration
Synonyms and related words:
angular momentum, angular motion, angular velocity, axial motion, bowling, centrifugation, circuit, circulation, circumgyration, circumrotation, circumvolution, full circle, gyre, pivoting, reeling, revolution, roll, rolling, rotation, rotational motion, round, spin, spinning, swinging, swirling, swiveling, trolling, trundling, turbination, turn, turning, volutation, volution, wheel, wheeling, whir, whirl, whirling
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.