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circumduction|sɜːkəmˈdʌkʃən|
[ad. L. circumdūctiōn-em n. of action f. circumdūcĕre.]
1. The action of leading round or about; a roundabout or circuitous course. ? Obs.
1602W. Fulbecke Pandects Law Nations 2 The course and circumduction of their yeare. a1637B. Jonson Underwoods, Vis. Muses Drayton, In thy admired Periegesis, Or universal circumduction Of all that read thy Poly-Olbion. 1784Johnson Let. to Langton 13 Apr., You might have had it with less circumduction. 1822T. Taylor Apuleius 47 Led by an angular circumduction into the forum.
2. The turning of anything round about its centre or axis; spec. in Phys. the rotatory movement by which a limb is made to describe a cone having its apex at the joint.
1578Banister Hist. Man iv. 47 The Muscles of circumduction, or they that lead the eye about. 1656tr. Hobbes' Elem. Philos. (1839) 6 The figure was made by the circumduction of a body whereof one end remained unmoved. 1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 256/1 The wrist..admits of vague opposition and circumduction. 1842E. Wilson Anat. Vade Mec. 93 Circumduction can be performed only in the shoulder and hip joints. 1870Bowen Logic viii. 233 The circumduction of a body one end of which is fixed.
3. Law. Annulling; cancellation. circumduction of the term: in Sc. Law, the sentence of a judge declaring the time elapsed for leading a proof or doing other judicial acts, and precluding the bringing forward of any further evidence.
1609Skene Reg. Maj., Forme Proces 121 All probation..ceases, and ends be twa wayes: the first is, circumduction of the terme: the other is, conclusion of the cause. 1726Ayliffe Parerg. 196 The Defendant must be cited de novo, as a circumduction requires.
¶ Deceit, cheating. [L. circumductio.]
1623Cockeram, Circunduction, Guile, or deceit. 1656in Blount Glossogr. |