"gyrations" in the noun sense
1. rotation, revolution, gyration
a single complete turn (axial or orbital
"the plane made three rotations before it crashed"
"the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"
2. gyration, whirling
the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
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