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† orbicuˈlation Obs.
[n. of action f. L. orbiculāt-us rounded, circular: see -ation.]
The formation of an orb (circle or sphere); rounding.
1647H. More Poems Interpretation Generall 424 The circling of water, when a stone is cast into a standing pool,..might have been more significantly called orbiculation. 1676Shadwell Virtuoso iv, It comes first to Fluidity, then to Orbiculation, then Fixation. 1788T. Taylor Proclus I. Dissert. 97 An orbiculation agrees to the soul, through intellect; but progression and rectitude according to her own proper nature. |