Definition of Giration
Gy*ra"tion (j&isl;*rā"shŭn),
n. 1. The act of turning or
whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion;
motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.
The gyrations of an ascending
balloon. De Quincey.
If a burning coal be nimbly moved round in a circle,
with gyrations continually repeated, the whole circle will
appear like fire. Sir I. Newton.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the whorls of a
spiral univalve shell.
Center of gyration. (Mech.) See under
Center. -- Radius of gyration, the
distance between the axis of a rotating body and its center of
gyration. Rankine.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.
- One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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