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circination|sɜːsɪˈneɪʃən|
[a. L. circinātiōn-em, f. circināre to round, f. circinus: see -ation.]
†1. gen. An orbicular motion, a circling or turning round. Obs.
1592Lyly Galathea ii. iii. 233 It is a very secret science, for none almost can understand the language of it..circination, etc. 1681Blount Glossogr., Circination, a circling or turning about. 1721–1800in Bailey.
†b. concr. ? A rounding. Obs.
1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iv. 62 In the circinations and sphærical rounds of Onyons.
2. Bot. Circinate vernation or foliation.
1857Berkeley Cryptog. Bot. §40. 54 The circination of the pinnate leaves. |