turbination
(tɜːbɪˈneɪʃən)
[ad. L. turbinātiōn-em a pointing in the form of a cone, f. turbināt-us turbinate a.: see -ation.]
1. † The action of making top-shaped (obs.); top-like or turbinate form; formation of a whorl.
| 1623 Cockeram, Turbination, the fashioning of a thing like a top or gigge. 1656 in Blount Glossogr. 1834 M{supc}Murtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 257 Their shells are very open,..most of them without the slightest turbination. |
† 2. The action of spinning or whirling round like a top. Obs.
| 1665 Hooke Microgr. lx. 246 Then certainly the turbination cannot be the cause of the attraction of the Earth. a 1680 R. Allestree Serm., Matt. xi. 28 (1684) ii. 124 They have a most perfect acquiescency in that their turbination. |