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Gyration Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Gyration has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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"

2

the act of rotating in a circle or spiral

3

The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; rotation about an axis.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
turning rotation
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
dextrorotation levorotation axial rotation orbital rotation spin
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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