gyration
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
conchology
medicine
natural-sciences
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
zoology
Etymology: From gyre (“to spin around; to gyrate, to whirl; (rare) to make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl”) + -ation (suffix indicating actions or processes). Gyre is from Late Middle English giren (“to turn (something) away; to cause (something) to revolve or rotate; to travel in a circle”), from Old French girer (“to turn”), and directly from its etymon Latin gȳrāre, the present active infinitive of gȳrō (“to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around”) (from gȳrus (“circle; circular motion; circuit, course”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “a circle, a ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).
Base: gyre
Affixes: -ation
Inflected forms:
form: gyrations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation.
pos: noun
tags: also
countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: Novv that the ayre impelled returnes unto its place in a gyration or vvhirling, is evident from the Atomes or moates in the Sun. For vvhen the Sunne ſo enters a hole or vvindovv, that by its illumination the Atomes or moates become perceptible, if then by our breath the ayre bee gently impelled, it may be perceived that they vvill circularly returne, and in a gyration unto their places againe.
If Regularity and ſteddineſs accompany Velocity; the motion then leaves not the leaſt track in the ſenſitive. Thus a French Top, the common recreation of School-boys, throvvn from a cord vvhich vvas vvound about it, will ſtand as if it vvere fixt on the floor it lighted; and yet continue in its repeated Gyrations, vvhile the ſenſe diſcovers not the leaſt footſteps of that præcipitate Rotation.
If a burning Coal be nimbly moved round in a Circle vvith Gyrations continually repeated, the vvhole Circle vvill appear like fire; the reaſon of vvhich is, that the ſenſation of the Coal in the ſeveral places of that Circle remains impreſt on the Senſorium, until the Coal return again to the ſame place.
His life was a gyration of energetic curiosity; an insatiable whirl of social celebrity.
If you question a seaman on the subject, whether mere coaster or circumnavigator, he will tell you that in a snow-storm, because of its constant eddyings and gyrations, frequent trimming of sails is more necessary than in any other gale, and that to steer a straight and steady course under such circumstances is for the time simply impossible.
[A] long table of ebony and ivory was unceremoniously cleared of the various objects of art which had been placed on it, and the roulette-wheel was enthroned there instead by the hands of Lady Kenilworth herself, and the little ball was set off on its momentous gyrations.
He followed Neena out among the dancers and she immediately started doing this sexy gyration right up on him. Guy got into the mood and they danced until he saw the waitress bringing their drinks over.
The gyration of the hips, quick hand movements, the expressive face and the energetic runs are newly discovered movement qualities that extend beyond their classical repertoire of codified meanings, leading Belle and Kethya [dancers] to become more expressive in their improvisations.
Cryptocurrency – digital money not backed by any nation – is famous for its wild and frequent gyrations.
"Let's focus on the ones you can see, if your delicate sensibilities will allow it." Lillihammer leaned on the wall, next to a pair of figures frozen mid-gyration who bore, even in their chromatically-reduced state, a striking resemblance to Chelsea Smits and the late, unlamented Sergey Vanchev.
gloss: The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation.
pos: noun
tags: also
countable
figuratively
specifically
uncountable
gloss: One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: The arrangement of convolutions of gyri in the cerebral cortex of the brain.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: gyrator
gyratorily
gyratory
gyre
gyrification
gyrified
gyrify
gyrorotary
gyrus
Derived words: circumgyration
gyradius
gyrate
gyrational
gyrationally
hypogyration
lævogyration
levogyration
microgyration
oculogyration
radius of gyration
Translations:
lang: Esperanto
word: ĝirado
lang: French
word: giration
lang: Latin
word: gȳrātiō
lang: Polish
word: obrót
lang: Polish
word: rotacja
lang: Polish
word: wirowanie
lang: Romanian
word: girație
lang: Spanish
word: giración