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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gyration \Gy*ra"tion\, n. 1. The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution. The gyrations of an ascending balloon. --De Quincey. 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. 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell. {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gyration n 1: a complete turn; "the plane made three rotations before it crashed" [syn: {rotation}, {revolution}, {roll}] 2: the act of rotating in a circle or spiral [syn: {whirling}]
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