Circination
/sɜːsɪˈneɪʃən/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A circling motion; a rotation. obsolete
- 2 A circular growth or foliation.
"The same is also observable underground in the circinations and sphærical rounds of Onyons, wherein the circles of the Orbes are ofttimes larger, and the meridionall lines stand wider upon one side than the other."
Example
More examples"The same is also observable underground in the circinations and sphærical rounds of Onyons, wherein the circles of the Orbes are ofttimes larger, and the meridionall lines stand wider upon one side than the other."
Etymology
From Latin circinationem, from circinare, from circinus.