Meaning of Revolving | Babel Free
Definitions
- The act of something that revolves or turns.
- The process where you either take an non-closing linear shape or a 2D shape, take a 3D axis as the pivot, and basically revolve the linear shape around the axis to get a 3D object. (e.g. taking a 2D triangle and turning it into a cone, taking a circle and turning it into a sphere, taking a long U-shape and turning it into a test tube object)
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Examples
“The rotations of memory are the commencement of those wonderful revolvings of the intellectual faculties by which the process of reason is carried on.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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