circination

A circling motion; a rotation.

Noun

  1. A circling motion; a rotation.
  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. -...

Origin

From Latin circinationem, from circinare, from circinus.

Forms

circinations