volution

A turning (rolling or revolving) motion.

Noun

  1. A turning (rolling or revolving) motion.
  2. A single turn (of a coil etc.); a twist.
    • On the left wrist were two circular excoriations, apparently the effect of ropes, or of a rope in more than one volution. - 1843, Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt:

Origin

From (the participle stem of) Latin volvere (“to turn”).

Forms

volutions