gyration
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gy·ra·tion
(jī-rā'shən) 
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n.
- The act of gyrating.
- Circular or spiral motion.
- An oscillation or varying between states: "increased volatility and unprecedented gyrations in interest rates" (Jack Egan).
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gyration
noun
- Circular movement around a point or about an axis: circuit, circulation, circumvolution, revolution, rotation, turn, wheel, whirl. See geometry, repetition.
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In geometry, a gyration is a type of rotation.
The center of a rotational symmetry is a rotation point. A rotation point that does not lie on a mirror is called a gyration point[1]. A rotocenter is a rotation point with an integral number of rotational symmetries.
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- ^ Liebeck, Saxl. Groups, Combinatorics & Geometry. Durham. http://books.google.com/books?id=5h84AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA439&ots=-E28qsV2GB&dq=%22gyration%20point%22%20-actual%20group&pg=PA439#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
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