Gyration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Gyration	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gyration n a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year" Synonym(s): rotation, revolution, gyration the act of rotating in a circle or spiral Synonym(s): gyration, whirling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gyration \Gy*ra"tion\, n. 1. The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution. The gyrations of an ascending balloon. --De Quincey. If a burning coal be nimbly moved round in a circle, with gyrations continually repeated, the whole circle will appear like fire. --Sir I. Newton. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell. {Center of gyration}. (Mech.) See under {Center}. {Radius of gyration} the distance between the axis of a rotating body and its center of gyration. --Rankine.