Noun gyration has 2 senses
  1. rotation, revolution, gyration - a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"
    --1 is a kind of turning, turn
    --1 has particulars:
     dextrorotation, clockwise rotation; levorotation, counterclockwise rotation; axial rotation, axial motion, roll; orbital rotation, orbital motion; spin
    Derived form: verb gyrate2
  2. gyration, whirling - the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
    --2 is a kind of rotation, rotary motion
    Derived forms: verb gyrate2, verb gyrate1
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