Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

circumaviation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cir-cum-avi-a-tion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act or process of circumaviating.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

By surface analysis, circumaviate + -ion, or, by surface analysis, circum- + aviation.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

circumaviations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

circumaviate circumaviator circumnavigation circumambulation circumscription

Questions

What does circumaviation mean?: The act or process of circumaviating.
Where does circumaviation come from?: By surface analysis, circumaviate + -ion, or, by surface analysis, circum- + aviation.

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