gyration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
    rotation; revolution.
    • the plane made three rotations before it crashed
    • the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year
  2. noun the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
    whirling.

WordNet

Gy*ra"tion noun
Definitions
  1. The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.
    The gyrations of an ascending balloon. De Quincey.
    If a burning coal be nimbly moved round in a circle, with gyrations continually repeated, the whole circle will appear like fire. Sir I. Newton.
  2. (Zoöl.) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

Webster 1913