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circumductions

circumductions is the plural of circumduction.

Meaning of circumduction

Noun (1)

circumduction (uncountable)

  1. The circular (or, more precisely, conical) movement of a body part, such as a ball-and-socket joint or the eye. It consists of a combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction.
    • Windmilling the arms and rotating the hand from the wrist are examples of circumduction.

Noun (2)

circumduction (countable and uncountable, plural circumductions)

  1. (Scots law) The act of circumducing.

Questions about circumductions

What is circumductions the plural of?
Circumductions is the plural of circumduction.

Words near circumductions in the dictionary

  1. circumducing
  2. circumduct
  3. circumducted
  4. circumducting
  5. circumduction
  6. circumductions
  7. circumductory
  8. circumducts
  9. circumellipse
  10. circumellipses
  11. circumenteric

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Adapted from Wiktionary: circumductions (page history and authors); circumduction (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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