单词 | orbiculation |
释义 | † orbiculationn. Obsolete. rare. The formation of a circle or sphere; rounding; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > making round rounding1562 orbiculation1647 1647 H. More Philos. Poems Interpr. Gen. 424 The circling of water, when a stone is cast into a standing pool,..might have been more significantly called orbiculation. 1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso iv. 72 It comes first to Fluidity, then to Orbiculation, then Fixation. 1788 T. Taylor Diss. Platonic Doctr. Ideas in tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. p. xcvii An orbiculation agrees to the soul, through intellect; but progression and rectitude according to her own proper nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1647 |
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