Hypertext Webster Gateway: "circumvolution"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Circumvolution \Cir`cum*vo*lu"tion\, n. [See {Circumvolve}.]
1. The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled.
2. A thing rolled round another. --Arbuthnot.
3. A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution.
He had neither time nor temper for sentimental
circumvolutions. --Beaconsfield.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
circumvolution
n : the act of turning or winding or folding around a central
axis
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