EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR CIRCUMVOLUTION
No doubt was possible: the two lobes, the circumvolution of the brain to the minute red lines of the blood-vessels, all was there.
WORD ORIGIN
mid-15c., noun of action from past participle stem of Latin circumvolvere "to revolve through, to roll around" (see circumvolve).
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR CIRCUMVOLUTION
revolution
nouncircuit around somethingrimple
nounfoldround
nouncycle, stageruck
nounfoldturn
nounrevolution, curving- about-face
- angle
- bend
- bias
- bow
- branch
- change
- changeabout
- circle
- circuit
- circulation
- circumvolution
- corner
- curve
- cycle
- departure
- detour
- deviation
- direction
- drift
- flection
- flexure
- fork
- gyration
- gyre
- heading
- hook
- pirouette
- pivot
- quirk
- retroversion
- reversal
- reverse
- reversion
- right-about
- roll
- rotation
- round
- shift
- spin
- spiral
- swing
- tack
- tendency
- trend
- turnabout
- turning
- twist
- twisting
- wheel
- whirl
- wind
- winding
- yaw
wheel
nouncircle, revolutionwheels
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