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gyrativus (girativus) 1 (of movement) circular. motus girativus Quaest. Salern. P 78; si quis corpora vegetabilium subtilius perspiciat, inveniet omnem eorum figurationem et plasmationem per motus girativos perfectam Gros. Hexaem. IV 30 p. 154; Aristoteles ‥ arguit de ‥ motu girativo in luna Bacon IV 398. 2 (w. linea) curving, turning. posito ‥ quod nulla sint ultima puncta illius, sicut accidit in linea girativa que ponitur infinita Heytesbury Reg. 239; secundum lineam girativam ab eodem centro per partes proportionales in equales diametri aut semidiametri horizontis versus ejus circumferenciam infinities circumductam Bradw. CD 121D; girativas Wycl. Log. III 91 (v. circumgyrare 1c); cum punctis et umbris et lineis ~is Netter DAF II 32v.

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