GYRATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gyration mean? 

• GYRATION (noun)
  The noun GYRATION has 2 senses:

1. a single complete turn (axial or orbital)

2. the act of rotating in a circle or spiral

  Familiarity information: GYRATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GYRATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A single complete turn (axial or orbital)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

gyration; revolution; rotation

Context example:

the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year

Hypernyms ("gyration" is a kind of...):

turn; turning (a movement in a new direction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gyration"):

clockwise rotation; dextrorotation (rotation to the right)

counterclockwise rotation; levorotation (rotation to the left)

axial motion; axial rotation; roll (rotary motion of an object around its own axis)

orbital motion; orbital rotation (motion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point)

spin (a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile))

Derivation:

gyrate (revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of rotating in a circle or spiral

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

gyration; whirling

Hypernyms ("gyration" is a kind of...):

rotary motion; rotation (the act of rotating as if on an axis)

Derivation:

gyrate (revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis)

gyrate (to wind or move in a spiral course)

 Context examples 

Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) Trunk Movements, Neck, shoulders, hips, e.g., rocking, twisting, squirming, pelvic gyrations.

(AIMS - Neck, Shoulders, Hips, NCI Thesaurus)

But the next moment his footing would be lost and he would be dragging around in the whirl of one of White Fang's mad gyrations.

(White Fang, by Jack London)