Definitions for: Circumvolution

[n] the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis

Webster (1913) Definition: Cir`cum*vo*lu"tion, n. [See Circumvolve.]
1. The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled.

2. A thing rolled round another. --Arbuthnot.

3. A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution.

He had neither time nor temper for sentimental
circumvolutions. --Beaconsfield.

See Also: rotation