| 单词 |
circumrotation |
| 释义 |
circumrotation|ˌsɜːkəmrəʊˈteɪʃən|
[n. of action f. L. circumrotāre to turn round as a wheel.]
1. Turning round as a wheel; revolution on an axis, rotation; a complete rotation (e.g. of a planet).
1656Blount Glossogr., Circumrotation, the going about of a wheel. 1665–6Phil. Trans. I. 172 Supposing the whole circumrotation is made in 9 hours 56 minutes. 1732Pope Lett. 13 Sept., He made his head giddy with various circumrotations. 1782W. Heberden Comm. lxxxiii. (1806) 409 A..circumrotation of the face, sometimes to the right, sometimes to the left.
†2. A round or tour in travelling. Obs.
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) IV. 291 In the circumrotation we took, while in the coach.
†3. A changing about in rotation. Obs.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God xii. xx. (1620) 438 Porphyry the Platonist refused his masters opinion in this circumrotation of soules. 1767A. Campbell Lexiph. (1774) 45 He has had successive circumrotations through the characters of Squire, Critic, Gamester, and Foxhunter. |
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