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Webster 1913 Edition

Circumduction

Cirˊcum-duc′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

circumductio

.]

1.

A leading about; circumlocution.

[R.]

Hooker.

2.

An annulling; cancellation.

[R.]

Ayliffe.

3.

(Physiol.)

The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a conical surface.

Webster 1828 Edition

Circumduction

CIRCUMDUCTION

, n.

1.

A leading about.

2.

An annulling; cancellation.

CIRCUMDUCTION

,

Noun.

1.

A leading about.

2.

An annulling; cancellation.