circumvolution : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: circumvolution	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for circumvolution
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
circumvolution n the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Circumvolution \Cir`cumvolu"tion\, n. [See {Circumvolve}.] 1. The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled. 2. A thing rolled round another. --Arbuthnot. 3. A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution. He had neither time nor temper for sentimental circumvolutions. --Beaconsfield.