circumaviation en · NOUN
Etymology
By surface analysis, circumaviate + -ion, or, by surface analysis, circum- + aviation.
Meanings
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(uncommon, uncountable, usually) The act or process of circumaviating.
Travel is broadening. And exciting too, sometimes. In eleven European trips and two circumaviations during the past eleven years in quest of rare books, I have been lucky on two or three occasions. In Edinburgh in 1959 I came across a set of Blaeu's Atlas in eleven large volumes, printed in Amsterdam in 1662.
1966, Coranto, volumes 4-6, page 24:THE CIRCUMAVIATION of the GLOBE / UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PANAMA-PACIFIC UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION / SAN FRANCISCO / 1915 / TENTATIVE ROUTE OF THE AIRMEN SHOWN ON THE BUTTERFLY MAP INVENTED BY B. J. S. CAHILL, F. R. G. S., CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.
1914 May 14, Flying, volume 3, page 123:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| circumaviations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
circumambulation · circumnavigation · circumscription
Hypernyms
circling · engirdling · engirdlement · encircling · encirclement · girdling