circumvolution

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

circumvolution
    n 1: the act of turning or winding or folding around a central
         axis

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Circumvolution \Cir`cum*vo*lu"tion\, n. [See {Circumvolve}.]
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   1. The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled.
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   2. A thing rolled round another. --Arbuthnot.
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   3. A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution.
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            He had neither time nor temper for sentimental
            circumvolutions.                      --Beaconsfield.
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