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English
Etymology
Latin deambulatio.
Pronunciation
Noun
deambulation
- (obsolete) A walking abroad; a promenading.
1531, Thomas Elyot, edited by Ernest Rhys, The Boke Named the Governour (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co, published , →OCLC:Touching suche exercises, as many be used within the house, or in the shadowe, (as is the olde maner of speking), as deambulations, laborynge with poyses made of leadde or other metall
- A cycle or revolution during which a programmable machine performs various functions
1914, Raymond Roussel, translated by Rupert Copeland Cuningham, Locus Solus:Then, declaring that, according to his recollection, a very long wait would be necessary before the [contraption's] next automatic deambulation could be witnessed, Canterel, with measured steps, led us to another part of the vast establishment.