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noun
The circular (or, more precisely, conical) movement of a body part, such as a ball-and-socket joint or the eye. It consists of a combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act of circumducing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: Scots law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a circular movement of a limb or eye
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: motion, movement, move, motility
History
Borrowed from Latin circumductiō (“a leading or conducting around”), from circumdūcō (“to lead or draw around”) + -tiō (nominal suffix). Equivalent to circumduct + -ion.
From circumduce + -tion.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
