CIRCUMVOLUTION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("circumvolution" is a kind of...):

rotary motion; rotation (the act of rotating as if on an axis)

Derivation:

circumvolve (cause to turn on an axis or center)

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