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gyrations

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for gyrations.

Editorial note

The gyrations I have to go through to move data from an ios app to the desktop is ridiculous and often impossible.

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Quick take

(also figuratively) The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of gyrations gathered in one view.

noun

(also figuratively) The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation.

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(neurology) The arrangement of convolutions of gyri in the cerebral cortex of the brain.

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(conchology) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for gyrations.

noun

(also figuratively) The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation.

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(neurology) The arrangement of convolutions of gyri in the cerebral cortex of the brain.

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(conchology) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

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(specifically, Euclidean geometry) A rotation around an axis which is not the centre of rotational symmetry; an eccentric or off-centre rotation.

Example sentences

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The gyrations I have to go through to move data from an ios app to the desktop is ridiculous and often impossible.

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The gyrations and compromises that are required are often enough to destroy most of the value of the new feature.

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Unfortunately this is not going to be resolved without our federal government going through the painful gyrations of partisan politics.

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Once you figure them out, it is very easy to remain quite detached from their mental gyrations to seduce and ensnare.

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You can't use link-local addresses without extra gyrations in socket API (scope id) so they cannot be usefully passed to normal apps.

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It really took quite a lot of gyrations to get the multithreaded implementation right.

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Most languages require more gyrations to wind up with a named function.

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If women are doing something that involves a lot of pelvic gyrations, then yes, it is absolutely understandable AND acceptable that men will stare.

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This eliminates the gyrations people go through to get this behavior.

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You're going to all sorts of gyrations to avoid the obvious.

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Can you not take amusement from its endless gyrations?

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And if you want federal government representatives that don't have to go through such stupid partisan gyrations, then you should do everything you can to elect different representatives.

Quote examples

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As for the other "gyrations", selling age-restricted products IRL is already done.

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Citizens of countries with Central Banks live in debt-based economies, and thanks to many of the recent gyrations to "correct" some of these economies, more currency has been created.

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>HN-favorite Scott Aaronson resolves to my satisfaction the question of whether a waterfall can be said to be computing the solution to some problem as it cascades over the rocks, because there exists a mapping in which the initial water state is the initial state of the problem, the gyrations of the water "compute", and the final state of the water can be mapped to a solution.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use gyrations in a sentence?

The gyrations I have to go through to move data from an ios app to the desktop is ridiculous and often impossible.

What does gyrations mean?

(also figuratively) The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation.

What part of speech is gyrations?

gyrations is commonly used as noun.