单词 | circumrotation |
释义 | circumrotationn. 1. Turning round as a wheel; revolution on an axis, rotation; a complete rotation (e.g. of a planet). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > rotation as a wheel turna1325 weltering1423 wheeling1483 circumduction1578 revolution1592 circumgyration1603 circumrotation1656 wheelerya1845 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Circumrotation, the going about of a wheel. 1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 172 Supposing the whole circumrotation is made in 9 hours 56 minutes. 1719 A. Pope Corr. 13 Sept. (1956) I. 13 Making his head giddy with various circumrotations. 1802 W. Heberden, Jr. tr. W. Heberden Comm. Hist. & Cure Dis. lxxxiii. 409 A..circumrotation of the face, sometimes to the right, sometimes to the left. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > circular or round compassc1384 circuit1483 the tour1642 circumrotation1751 round trip1792 tournee1794 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) IV. xliv. 269 In the circumrotation we took, while in the coach. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > alternation > rotation > [noun] circumrotation1610 rotation1610 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xii. xx. 461 Porphyry the Platonist refused his Maisters opinion in this circumrotation of soules. 1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 44 He has had successive circumrotations through the characters of Squire, Critick, Gamester, and Foxhunter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1610 |
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