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circumlation

circumlation noun: a cycle, circulation, or rotation; the movement of something in a circular course.

Noun

circumlation (uncountable)

  1. A cycle, circulation, or rotation; the movement of something in a circular course.
    • cotidianam temporis circumlationemc. 300 CE, Calcidius, chapter 115, in Commentarius in Platonis Timaeum, De Temporis Habitu, page 161, line 10

Synonyms of circumlation

Forms of circumlation

alternative formcircumlatio

Origin of circumlation

From Latin circumlātiō (“a carrying around, circulation”), from circumferō (“to carry around”), from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”).

Questions about circumlation

What does circumlation mean?
Circumlation means a cycle, circulation, or rotation; the movement of something in a circular course.
What part of speech is circumlation?
Circumlation is a noun.

Words near circumlation in the dictionary

  1. circumjacently
  2. circumjovial
  3. circumjovials
  4. circumjovian
  5. circumlaryngeal
  6. circumlation
  7. circumlental
  8. circumlenticular
  9. circumlimbal
  10. circumlinear
  11. circumlittoral

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