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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a circular movement of a limb or eye;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Circumduction \Cir`cum*duc"tion\, n. [L. circumductio.] 1. A leading about; circumlocution. [R.] --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. An annulling; cancellation. [R.] --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] 3. (Physiol.) The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a conical surface. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

circumduction n 1: a circular movement of a limb or eye
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.