Turbinated
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Turbinate in form; top-shaped. not-comparable
- 2 Designating motion like that of a top; gyrating, whirling. not-comparable, obsolete
"Next, if they be Globular, and mov'd only with a turbinated motion, I know not any cause that can impress that motion upon the pellucid medium, which yet is done."
Example
More examples"Next, if they be Globular, and mov'd only with a turbinated motion, I know not any cause that can impress that motion upon the pellucid medium, which yet is done."
Etymology
From turbinate + -ed.
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