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turbination|tɜːbɪˈneɪʃən| [ad. L. turbinātiōn-em a pointing in the form of a cone, f. turbināt-us turbinate a.: see -ation.] 1. † The action of making top-shaped (obs.); top-like or turbinate form; formation of a whorl.
1623Cockeram, Turbination, the fashioning of a thing like a top or gigge. 1656in Blount Glossogr. 1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 257 Their shells are very open,..most of them without the slightest turbination. †2. The action of spinning or whirling round like a top. Obs.
1665Hooke Microgr. lx. 246 Then certainly the turbination cannot be the cause of the attraction of the Earth. a1680R. Allestree Serm., Matt. xi. 28 (1684) ii. 124 They have a most perfect acquiescency in that their turbination. |