(v) spin, See Also: revolve, whirl, twirl, reel, gyrate, Example:ใบไม้หมุนติ้วอยู่ในอากาศก่อนจะตกลงบนหาดทรายสีขาวนวล, Thai Definition:หมุนอย่างรวดเร็ว

Thai-English-French: Volubilis Dictionary 1.0 Volubilis Dictionary (TH-EN-FR)

วิง

[wing] (v) EN: turn ; revolve ; rotate ; spin ; gyrate FR: tournoyer ; tourner

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

gyrate

(v) to wind or move in a spiral course, Syn. spiral, coil, Example:the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action; black smoke coiling up into the sky; the young people gyrated on the dance floor

gyration

(n) the act of rotating in a circle or spiral, Syn. whirling

rotation

(n) a single complete turn (axial or orbital), Syn. revolution, gyration, Example:the plane made three rotations before it crashed; the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year

spin

(v) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis, Syn. whirl, gyrate, spin around, reel, Example:The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Circumgyrate

v. t. & i. [ Pref. circum- + gyrate. ] To roll or turn round; to cause to perform a rotary or circular motion. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Circumgyration

n. The act of turning, rolling, or whirling round. [ 1913 Webster ]

A certain turbulent and irregular circumgyration. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Circumgyratory

a. Moving in a circle; turning round. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dextrogyrate

a. [ Dextro- + gyrate. ] (Chem. & Opt.) Same as Dextrorotatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gyrate

a. [ L. gyratus made in a circular form, p. p. of gyrare. ] Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gyrate

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gyrated p. pr. & vb. n. Gyrating. ] [ L. gyratus, p. p. of gyrare to gyrate. See Gyre, n. ] To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gyration

n. 1. The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gyrations of an ascending balloon. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Center of gyration. (Mech.) See under Center. --
Radius of gyration, the distance between the axis of a rotating body and its center of gyration. Rankine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gyratory

a. Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hydrargyrate

a. Of or pertaining to mercury; containing, or impregnated with, mercury. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Levogyrate

a. [ Levo- + gyrate. ] (Chem., Physics, Biochem.) Turning or twisting the plane of polarization of light towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc.; levorotatory. [ Written also lævogyrate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

回す(P);廻す

[まわす, mawasu] (v5s, vt) (1) to turn; to rotate; to gyrate; (2) to circulate; to send around; (3) to surround; (4) to put something to a new use (e.g. leftovers); (suf, v5s) (5) (after the -masu stem of a verb) ... around (i.e. to chase someone around); (6) to dial (e.g. telephone number); (v5s) (7) to invest; (8) (See 輪姦す) to gang-rape; (P) #18267

とろろ昆布

[とろろこんぶ;とろろこぶ, tororokonbu ; tororokobu] (n) (1) (uk) shredded kombu; (2) Kjellmaniella gyrata (species of kelp)

回転運動

[かいてんうんどう, kaiten'undou] (n) gyration

回転半径

[かいてんはんけい, kaitenhankei] (n) radius of gyration

旋回運動

[せんかいうんどう, senkaiundou] (n) gyrating (rotating) movement

旋転

[せんてん, senten] (n, vs) revolution; gyration; whirling; rotation

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