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CIRCUMVOLUTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does circumvolution mean?
• CIRCUMVOLUTION (noun)
The noun CIRCUMVOLUTION has 1 sense:
1. the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis
Familiarity information: CIRCUMVOLUTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("circumvolution" is a kind of...):
rotary motion; rotation (the act of rotating as if on an axis)
Derivation:
circumvolve (cause to turn on an axis or center)
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