circumvolution Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis

WordNet

Cir`cum*vo*lu"tion noun
Etymology
See Circumvolve.
Definitions
  1. The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled.
  2. A thing rolled round another. Arbuthnot.
  3. A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution.
    He had neither time nor temper for sentimental circumvolutions. Beaconsfield.

Webster 1913