| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. An orbicular motion.[Websters]
2. A circle; a concentric layer.[Websters]. | |
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Date "CIRCINATION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Circination \Cir`ci*na"tion\, noun. [Latin expression circinatio circle.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: CIRCINATION
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] An orbicular motion.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (botany) A circular growth or foliation. 1658: The same is also observable underground in the circinations and sphærical rounds of Onyons, wherein the circles of the Orbes are ofttimes larger, and the meridionall lines stand wider upon one side than the other. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 200). (references) | 2: [Noun] (obsolete) A circling motion, a rotation. (references) | |
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