'Gyration' definitions:
Definition of 'gyration'
(from WordNet)
noun
A single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year" [syn: rotation, revolution, gyration]
noun
The act of rotating in a circle or spiral [syn: gyration, whirling]
Definition of 'Gyration'
From: GCIDE
- Gyration \Gy*ra"tion\ (j[-i]*r[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
- 1. The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution. [1913 Webster]
- The gyrations of an ascending balloon. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- If a burning coal be nimbly moved round in a circle, with gyrations continually repeated, the whole circle will appear like fire. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell. [1913 Webster]
- Center of gyration. (Mech.) See under Center.
- Radius of gyration, the distance between the axis of a rotating body and its center of gyration. --Rankine. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gyration'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- angular momentum,
- angular motion,
- angular velocity,
- axial motion,
- bowling,
- centrifugation,
- circuit,
- circulation,
- circumgyration,
- circumrotation,
- circumvolution,
- full circle,
- gyre,
- pivoting,
- reeling,
- revolution,
- roll,
- rolling,
- rotation,
- rotational motion,
- round,
- spin,
- spinning,
- swinging,
- swirling,
- swiveling,
- trolling,
- trundling,
- turbination,
- turn,
- turning,
- volutation,
- volution,
- wheel,
- wheeling,
- whir,
- whirl,
- whirling