circination
noun/sɜːsɪˈneɪʃən/
Etymology From Latin circinationem, from circinare, from circinus.
1
Obsolete A circling motion; a rotation.
- The same is also observable underground in the circinations and sphærical rounds of Onyons, wherein the circles of the Orbes are ofttimes larger, and the meridionall lines stand wider upon one side than the other.1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 200: