turbinated

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From turbinate +‎ -ed.

Adjective[edit]

turbinated (not comparable)

  1. Turbinate in form; top-shaped.
  2. (obsolete) Designating motion like that of a top; gyrating, whirling.
    • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section IX:
      Next, if they be Globular, and mov'd only with a turbinated motion, I know not any cause that can impress that motion upon the pellucid medium, which yet is done.
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