gyration

Noun

Meaning

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

One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

revolution rotation whirling giro rotary yaw whirlpool wheeling pirouette movement turn circuit gyre twirl cycle
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Antonyms

last still remain continue solution maintain
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Hypernyms

turn rotation turning rotary motion

Hyponyms

roll spin levorotation dextrorotation axial motion axial rotation

Phrases with the word

quarter gyration

Anagrams

organity

Examples

the plane made three rotations before it crashed Source: Internet

the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year Source: Internet

All of them can be seen to be related to a regular or uniform polyhedron by gyration, diminishment, or dissection. Source: Internet

Each spin exhibits a characteristic frequency of gyration (relative to the field strength) which reveals information about the analyte. Source: Internet

If the principal moments of the two-dimensional gyration tensor are not equal, the column will tend to buckle around the axis with the smaller principal moment. Source: Internet

In addition there are 5 special honeycombs which don't have pure reflectional symmetry and are constructed from reflectional forms with elongation and gyration operations. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

gyrating around gyrating mass gyratingly gyrational gyrationally gyraton