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Synonyms for gyration

Grammar : Noun
Spell : jahy-rey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : dʒaɪˈreɪ ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for gyration
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Définition of gyration

Origin :
  • 1610s, noun of action from Late Latin gyratum, past participle of gyrare, from Latin gyrus "circle" (see gyre).
  • noun revolution
Example sentences :
  • If agreeable, I will now show you gyration 2d, or position No. 3.
  • Extract from : « The Monikins » by J. Fenimore Cooper
  • But at bottom the story told here is the same -- creation by gyration!
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of the Sky » by Garrett Serviss
  • This awful typhoon caught Venice in its gyration, affording a splendidly hideous field for philosophical reflection.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi » by Count Carlo Gozzi
  • He saw them in the Ring; he was seen by them at the Opera; he came across them constantly in the gyration of London life.
  • Extract from : « Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories » by Ouida
  • Madeleine lifted her heavy-lidded eyes a little wonderingly to her sister's face, as she paused in her gyration.
  • Extract from : « The Light of Scarthey » by Egerton Castle
  • His life was a gyration of energetic curiosity; an insatiable whirl of social celebrity.
  • Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • He had been caught in a vortex and was being whirled on with a velocity of advance and gyration that made him giddy and sick.
  • Extract from : « The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. II: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Radius of GyrationThe distance from the center of gyration to the axis of rotation.
  • Extract from : « Time Telling through the Ages » by Harry Chase Brearley
  • Now that the air impelled returns unto its place in a gyration or whirling, is evident from the Atoms or Motes in the Sun.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3) » by Thomas Browne
  • The fingers themselves, provided they are very clean, have no power to stop the gyration.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 » by Various
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