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GYRATE
spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
(verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one’s own axis; “The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy”
gyrate, spiral, coil
(verb) to wind or move in a spiral course; “the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action”; “black smoke coiling up into the sky”; “the young people gyrated on the dance floor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
gyrate (third-person singular simple present gyrates, present participle gyrating, simple past and past participle gyrated)
To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
Adjective
gyrate (comparative more gyrate, superlative most gyrate)
(biology) Having coils or convolutions
Source: Wiktionary
Gy"rate, a. Etym: [L. gyratus made in a circular form, p. p. of gyrare.]
Definition: Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.
Gy"rate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gyrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Gyrating.] Etym: [L. gyratus, p. p. of gyrare to gyrate. See Gyre, n.]
Definition: To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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