gyrationn.

/dʒʌɪəˈreɪʃən/

Forms: Also 1700s giration.

Etymology: noun of action < Latin gȳrāre: see gyre v. Compare French giration.

a. The action or process of gyrating; motion in a circle or spiral; revolution round a fixed centre or axis, turning round, wheeling or whirling; an instance of any of these.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun]

swayc1374

turning1390

overwhelming?a1439

circumvolution1447

winding1530

conversion1541

rotationa1550

revolution1566

gyring?1578

revolve1598

circulation1605

gyration1615

evolution1654

sweep1679

gyrating1837

revolving1867

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 457 If there had not beene these gyrations in the substance of the braine.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iv. 80 The ayre impelled returnes unto its place in a gyration or whirling.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing ix. 81 A French Top, throwne from a cord which was wound about it, will stand as it were fixt..and yet continue in its repeated Gyrations.

1704 I. Newton Opticks i. ii. 104 If a burning Coal be nimbly moved round in a Circle with Gyrations continually repeated.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 102 They might then make one giration in a long ellipsis.

1794 G. Atwood in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 127 (note) To place the centre of gyration nearly at the same distance from the axis.

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) II. 240 It performs its gyrations alternately from left to right and from right to left.

1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xv. 140 In the northern hemisphere the gyration [of the wind] is contrary to the movement of the hands of a watch.

1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xv. 141 Beyond the actual circle of gyration or limits of the storm.

1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xix. §796 In the gyrations of the storm.

1872 Daily News 25 Mar. Snowflakes that danced in eccentric fantastic gyrations.

1882 G. M. Minchin Uniplanar Kinematics 110 M = mass of the whole body and k its radius of gyration about GH.

1897 ‘Ouida’ Massarenes xi Women were nevertheless enchanted to be embraced by him in its [the waltz's] giddy gyrations.

b. with reference to immaterial things or figurative.

ΚΠ

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad ix. 337 The vast gyration of a thousand years.

1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. ii. xiv. 291 His life was a gyration of energetic curiosity.

1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 36 Such,..is the appearance of George Fellowes in that rapid gyration to which he has been subjected.

1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. ix. 146 His present effort was still more impeded by endless gyrations of irresolution.

1883 S. Waddington A. H. Clough 83 The vortex of religious excitement..kept him idly moving in its ceaseless gyrations.

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2. concrete in Conchology. One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

Derivatives

gyˈrational adj. characterized by gyration.

ΚΠ

1889 in Cent. Dict. (citing R. A. Proctor).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	gyration
释义	gyrationn. /dʒʌɪəˈreɪʃən/ Forms: Also 1700s giration. Etymology: noun of action < Latin gȳrāre: see gyre v. Compare French giration. 1. a. The action or process of gyrating; motion in a circle or spiral; revolution round a fixed centre or axis, turning round, wheeling or whirling; an instance of any of these. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] swayc1374 turning1390 overwhelming?a1439 circumvolution1447 winding1530 conversion1541 rotationa1550 revolution1566 gyring?1578 revolve1598 circulation1605 gyration1615 evolution1654 sweep1679 gyrating1837 revolving1867 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 457 If there had not beene these gyrations in the substance of the braine. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iv. 80 The ayre impelled returnes unto its place in a gyration or whirling. View more context for this quotation 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing ix. 81 A French Top, throwne from a cord which was wound about it, will stand as it were fixt..and yet continue in its repeated Gyrations. 1704 I. Newton Opticks i. ii. 104 If a burning Coal be nimbly moved round in a Circle with Gyrations continually repeated. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 102 They might then make one giration in a long ellipsis. 1794 G. Atwood in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 127 (note) To place the centre of gyration nearly at the same distance from the axis. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) II. 240 It performs its gyrations alternately from left to right and from right to left. 1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xv. 140 In the northern hemisphere the gyration [of the wind] is contrary to the movement of the hands of a watch. 1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xv. 141 Beyond the actual circle of gyration or limits of the storm. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xix. §796 In the gyrations of the storm. 1872 Daily News 25 Mar. Snowflakes that danced in eccentric fantastic gyrations. 1882 G. M. Minchin Uniplanar Kinematics 110 M = mass of the whole body and k its radius of gyration about GH. 1897 ‘Ouida’ Massarenes xi Women were nevertheless enchanted to be embraced by him in its [the waltz's] giddy gyrations. b. with reference to immaterial things or figurative. ΚΠ 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad ix. 337 The vast gyration of a thousand years. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. ii. xiv. 291 His life was a gyration of energetic curiosity. 1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 36 Such,..is the appearance of George Fellowes in that rapid gyration to which he has been subjected. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. ix. 146 His present effort was still more impeded by endless gyrations of irresolution. 1883 S. Waddington A. H. Clough 83 The vortex of religious excitement..kept him idly moving in its ceaseless gyrations. Categories » 2. concrete in Conchology. One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell. Derivatives gyˈrational adj. characterized by gyration. ΚΠ 1889 in Cent. Dict. (citing R. A. Proctor). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1615
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