circumversion
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Possibly from circum- + verse + -ion, compare traverse.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən
Noun[edit]
circumversion (uncountable)
- Rotation by a full circle.
- 1981, Manual of Nearctic Diptera, volume 1, →ISBN, page 56:
- Rotation through 360°, which occurs in all Muscomorpha, is called circumversion.