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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tour•bil•lion (tŏŏr bil′yən),USA pronunciation n. - a whirlwind or something resembling a whirlwind.
- a firework that rises spirally.
- [Horol.]a frame for the escapement of a timepiece, esp. a watch, geared to the going train in such a way as to rotate the escapement about once a minute in order to minimize positional error. Cf. karrusel.
- Vulgar Latin *turbiliōnem, dissimilated variant of *turbiniōnem, accusative of *turbiniō whirlwind. See turbine, -ion
- Middle French to(u)rbillon
- earlier turbilloun 1470–80
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