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What is a gyration?

What is a gyration? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.
  2. One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.
  3. Appropriate arrangement of convolutions of gyri in the cerebral cortex.
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One of these strong points will be its very short radius of gyration thanks to its designed rudder blades.
This awful typhoon caught Venice in its gyration, affording a splendidly hideous field for philosophical reflection.
Madeleine lifted her heavy-lidded eyes a little wonderingly to her sister's face, as she paused in her gyration.
Schumer's gyration on financial reform is not terribly surprising, in the light of his tactical approach to politics.
The inertia-blocks are used to accelerate or slow its speed by changing the radius of gyration, without affecting the balance-spring.
Radius of gyrationThe distance from the center of gyration to the axis of rotation.

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