tourbillion
[ too r-bil-yuh n ]
/ tʊərˈbɪl yən /
noun
a whirlwind or something resembling a whirlwind.
a firework that rises spirally.
Horology.
a frame for the escapement of a timepiece, especially a watch, geared to the going train in such a way as to rotate the escapement about once a minute in order to minimize positional error.
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karrusel.
Words nearby tourbillion
tour operator,
tour-de-france,
touraco,
touraine,
tourane,
tourbillion,
tourcoing,
tourelle,
tourer,
tourette syndrome,
tourette's syndrome
Example sentences from the Web for tourbillion
Cover it with two thicknesses of pasted paper, like the tourbillion.
The Pyrotechnist's Treasury |Thomas Kentish
British Dictionary definitions for tourbillion
Word Origin for tourbillion
C15: from French
tourbillon, ultimately from Latin
turbō something that spins, from
turbāre to confuse