orbiculation

English

Noun

orbiculation (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being orbiculate.
   • 1676, Thomas Shadwell, The Virtuoso:

     I have obſerv'd upon a Wall - plum (with my most exquisite Glaſſes, which cost me ſeveral thouſands of pounds) at first beginning to turn blue , it comes firſt to Fluidity, then to Orbiculation, then Fixation, so to Angulization, then Chriſtallization […]

References

• “orbiculation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.