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In geometry, a gyration is a type of rotation.
The center of a rotational symmetry is a rotation point. A rotation point that does not lie on a mirror is called a gyration point[1]. A rotocenter is a rotation point with an integral number of rotational symmetries.
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- ^ Liebeck, Saxl. Groups, Combinatorics & Geometry. Durham. http://books.google.com/books?id=5h84AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA439&ots=-E28qsV2GB&dq=%22gyration%20point%22%20-actual%20group&pg=PA439#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
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