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Webster 1913 Edition
Circination
Cirˊci-na′tion
,Noun.
[L.
circinatio
circle.] 1.
An orbicular motion.
[Obs.]
bailey.
2.
A circle; a concentric layer.
[Obs.]
“The circinations and spherical rounds of onions.” Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Circination
CIRCINATION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
circination
circination
English
Noun
circination (plural circinations)
- (obsolete) A circling motion, a rotation.
- (botany) A circular growth or foliation.
- 1658: The same is also observable underground in the circinations and sphærical rounds of Onyons, wherein the circles of the Orbes are ofttimes larger, and the meridionall lines stand wider upon one side than the other. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 200)