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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
circumduction
    n 1: a circular movement of a limb or eye

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Circumduction \Cir`cum*duc"tion\, n. [L. circumductio.]
   1. A leading about; circumlocution. [R.] --Hooker.
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   2. An annulling; cancellation. [R.] --Ayliffe.
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   3. (Physiol.) The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis,
      so as to describe a conical surface.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
CIRCUMDUCTION, Scotch law. A term applied to the time allowed for bringing 
proof of allegiance, which being elapsed, if either party sue for 
circumduction of the time of proving, it has the effect that no proof can 
afterwards be brought; and the cause must be determined as it stood when 
circumduction was obtained. Tech. Dict. 



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