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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class II. Words Relating to Space |
| Section IV. Motion |
| 4. Motion with Reference to Direction |
| 312. [Motion in a Continued Circle.] Rotation. |
| NOUN: | ROTATION, revolution, gyration, circulation, roll; circumrotation, circumvolution [rare], circumgyration; circumfusion, circination [obs.], turbination, pirouette, convolution. EDDY, vortex, whirlpool, swirl, gurge [rare]; verticity [obs.]; vertiginousness; whir, whirl; countercurrent; cyclone, tornado; surge; vertigo, dizzy round; maelstrom, Charybdis. Ixion; Wheel of Fortune. [COMPARISONS] wheel, screw, propeller, turbine, whirligig, rolling stone, windmill; treadmill, top, teetotum; roller; cogwheel, gear, gearwheel, flywheel; jack, smokejack, turnspit; gyroplane, gyroscope, gyrostat, gyrocar; caster. axis, axle, spindle, pivot, pin, hinge, pole, swivel, gimbals, arbor, bobbin, spool, reel, mandrel. [SCIENCE OF ROTATORY MOTION] trochilics, gyrostatics. |
| VERB: | ROTATE; roll, roll along; revolve, spin; turn, turn round; circumvolve [rare], circumgyrate [rare], circumvolute, circumfuse, turbinate [rare], encircle; circulate, gurge [rare], swirl, gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, twirl, trundle, troll, bowl, roll up, furl. box the compass; spin like a -top, - teetotum. |
| ADJECTIVE: | ROTATING &c. v.; rotatory, rotary; circumrotatory, trochilic, vertiginous, gyral, circumgyratory, circumvolutory, gyratory, gulfy; vorticular, vortical, vorticose; gyrostatic, gyroscopic. |
| ADVERB: | ROUND AND ROUND, head over heels, like a horse in a mill, in circles, clockwise. |
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