Associations to the word «Gyration»

Wiktionary

GYRATION, noun. The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.
GYRATION, noun. One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

Dictionary definition

GYRATION, noun. A single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year".
GYRATION, noun. The act of rotating in a circle or spiral.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca