dinetical

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δινέω (dinéō, “to whirl round”).

Adjective

dinetical (comparative more dinetical, superlative most dinetical)

1. (obsolete) Revolving on an axis.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     Besides the revolution it maketh with its orbs, it hath also a dinetical motion, and rolls upon its own poles.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dinetical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• ctenidial, diclinate, identical