peristrephic

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adjective

Turning around; rotatory; revolving.

“a peristrephic panorama”

OriginAncient Greek περιστρέφω →
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Meanings

adjectiveperistrephic (not comparable)
  1. archaicespeciallynot comparablealmost always of a panorama (set of moving pictures)Turning around; rotatory; revolving.

    a peristrephic panorama

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπεριστρέφω“to turn round”
  2. Englishperistrephic

From Ancient Greek περιστρέφω (peristréphō, “to turn round”).

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peristrephic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peristrephic

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Chicago

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