Meanings
alternative circumlatio
- uncountableastronomyA cycle, circulation, or rotation; the movement of something in a circular course.
cotidianam temporis circumlationem
the daily rotation of time
c. 300 CE, Calcidius, chapter 115, in Commentarius in Platonis Timaeum, De Temporis Habitu, page 161, line 10Synonyms: cycle, rotation, circulation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cycle, circulation, or rotation; the movement of something in a circular course.
Origin
- Latincircumlātiō“a carrying around, circulation”
- Englishcircumlation
From Latin circumlātiō (“a carrying around, circulation”), from circumferō (“to carry around”), from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”).
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