单词 | circumvolution |
释义 | circumvolution —circumvolutory /sur'keuhm veuh looh"teuh ree/, adj. /serr'keuhm veuh looh"sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of rolling or turning around: planetary circumvolution. 2. a single complete turn or cycle. 3. a winding or folding about something: the circumvolutions of a boa. 4. a fold so wound: the circumvolution of a snail shell. 5. a winding in a sinuous course; a sinuosity: the circumvolutions of the river. 6. a roundabout course or procedure, or an instance of such: The speaker's circumvolutions bored the audience to tears. [1400-50; late ME < ML circumvolution- (s. of circumvolutio), equiv. to L circumvolut(us) (ptp. of circumvolvere to CIRCUMVOLVE) (circum- CIRCUM- + volu- ptp. s. of volvere to roll + -tus ptp. suffix) + -ion- -ION] |
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