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1) a kind of aircraft with horizontal revolving blades (called rotors) on the top (helicopter)

2) an act of revolving or going round; a complete turn of a wheel etc (revolution)

3) a kind of gun with a revolving part that makes it possible to fire a number of bullets without reloading (revolver)

4) a revolving gate that allows one person through at a time (turnstile)

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Meaning:
anticlockwise

in the direction opposite to the movement of the hands of a clock

counter clockwise, circling

gyration

revolution; turning

revolution

pirouette

a ballet dancer's fast turn on the front end of the foot

circuit around something

rotary

(of motion) moving in circles round a central point

turning

rotatory

relating to, causing, moving in, rotation

turning

REVOLVING as in Wiktionary
REVOLVING as in Wikipedia