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circumvolution
[ sur-kuhm-vuh-loo-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of rolling or turning around:
planetary circumvolution.
- a single complete turn or cycle.
- a winding or folding about something:
the circumvolutions of a boa.
- a fold so wound:
the circumvolution of a snail shell.
- a winding in a sinuous course; a sinuosity:
the circumvolutions of the river.
- a roundabout course or procedure, or an instance of such:
The speaker's circumvolutions bored the audience to tears.
circumvolution
/ ˌɜːəəˈːʃə /
noun
- the act of turning, winding, or folding around a central axis
- a single complete turn, cycle, or fold
- anything winding or sinuous
- a roundabout course or procedure
Derived Forms
- ˌܳˈܳٴǰ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ܳ···ٴ· [suhr-k, uh, m-v, uh, -, loo, -t, uh, -ree], adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of circumvolution1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of circumvolution1
Example Sentences
The circumvolutions of the brain, which was soft and watery, appeared twice as deep as usual, and much more numerous.
If bricklayers waste motions in laying bricks, how about the motions wasted in lifting one’s hat and the circumvolutions in putting links in one’s cuffs?
Their words I could not catch at first through the tumultuous howl, but it went on and on, like their circumvolutions, over and over again, till my brain reeled.
My years, if mentioned, would not, perhaps, appear to be many; but age, in the sense in which I take it, cannot be calculated by circumvolutions of the sun.
All the more insane were the circumvolution of that fictitious Primum Mobile, which is higher, deeper, and still more immeasurable.
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