dinetical

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English

Etymology

Ancient Greek [Term?] (to whirl round).

Adjective

dinetical (comparative more dinetical, superlative most dinetical)

  1. (obsolete) Revolving on an axis.
    • (Can we date this quote by Sir Thomas Browne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Besides the revolution it maketh with its orbs, it hath also a dinetical motion, and rolls upon its own poles.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dinetical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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