[a. L. circinātiōn-em, f. circināre to round, f. circinus: see -ATION.]
† 1. gen. An orbicular motion, a circling or turning round. Obs.
1592. Lyly, Galathea, II. iii. 233. It is a very secret science, for none almost can understand the language of it … circination, [etc.].
1681. Blount, Glossogr., Circination, a circling or turning about.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
† b. concr.? A rounding. Obs.
1658. Sir T. Browne, Gard. Cyrus, iv. 62. In the circinations and sphærical rounds of Onyons.
2. Bot. Circinate vernation or foliation.
1857. Berkeley, Cryptog. Bot., § 40. 54. The circination of the pinnate leaves.
