GYRATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
   Synonym(s)
   • whirling (what does whirling mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) gyration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rotation (what does rotation mean?)
   • rotary motion (what does rotary motion mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • twirl (what does twirl mean?)
   • swirl (what does swirl mean?)
   • twiddle (what does twiddle mean?)
   • whirl (what does whirl mean?)
   • spin (what does spin mean?)
   • spin around (what does spin around mean?)
   • whirl (what does whirl mean?)
   • reel (what does reel mean?)
   • gyrate (what does gyrate mean?)
   • gyrate (what does gyrate mean?)
   • spiral (what does spiral mean?)
   • coil (what does coil mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
   Synonym(s)
   • revolution (what does revolution mean?)
   • rotation (what does rotation mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the plane made three rotations before it crashed
   • the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year
   Hypernyms(s) gyration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • turning (what does turning mean?)
   • turn (what does turn mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dextrorotation (what does dextrorotation mean?)
   • clockwise rotation (what does clockwise rotation mean?)
   • levorotation (what does levorotation mean?)
   • counterclockwise rotation (what does counterclockwise rotation mean?)
   • axial rotation (what does axial rotation mean?)
   • axial motion (what does axial motion mean?)
   • roll (what does roll mean?)
   • orbital rotation (what does orbital rotation mean?)
   • orbital motion (what does orbital motion mean?)
   • spin (what does spin mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • spin (what does spin mean?)
   • spin around (what does spin around mean?)
   • whirl (what does whirl mean?)
   • reel (what does reel mean?)
   • gyrate (what does gyrate mean?)
   • orbit (what does orbit mean?)
   • revolve (what does revolve mean?)
   • revolve (what does revolve mean?)
   • go around (what does go around mean?)
   • rotate (what does rotate mean?)