'Circumvolution' definitions:
Definition of 'circumvolution'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis
Definition of 'Circumvolution'
From: GCIDE
- Circumvolution \Cir`cum*vo*lu"tion\, n. [See Circumvolve.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A thing rolled round another. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution. [1913 Webster]
- He had neither time nor temper for sentimental circumvolutions. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster]