The Collaborative International Dictionary
Volutation
Volutation \Vol`u*ta"tion\, n. [L. volutatio, from volutare to
roll, wallow, verb freq. volvere, volutum, to roll.]
A rolling of a body; a wallowing. [R.]
--Sir T. Browne.
Wiktionary
volutation
n. A rolling or wallowing.
Usage examples of "volutation".
For sphærical bodies move by fives, and every globular figure placed upon a plane, in direct volutation, returns to the first point of contaction in the fifth touch, accounting by the Axes of the Diameters or Cardinall points of the four quarters thereof.