a. [f. L. circumrotāt- ppl. stem of circumrotāre: see -ORY.] Of, pertaining to, or marked by, circumrotation.
1743. Freke, in Phil. Trans., XLII. 557. It obtains a circumrotatory Motion.
a. 1763. Shenstone, Wks. (1768), II. 189. Many tunes, by a variety of circumrotatory flourishes, put one in mind of a larks descent to the ground.