circumvolution

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circumvolution - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Circumvolution \Cir`cum*vo*lu"tion\, n. [See Circumvolve.]
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     1. The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled.
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     2. A thing rolled round another. --Arbuthnot.
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     3. A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution.
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              He had neither time nor temper for sentimental
              circumvolutions.                      --Beaconsfield.
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circumvolution - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  circumvolution
      n 1: the act of turning or winding or folding around a central
           axis