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movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles"

a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point; "he calculated the circumference of the circle"

something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs were arranged in a circle"

form a circle around; "encircle the errors"

travel around something; "circle the globe"

movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles"

a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point; "he calculated the circumference of the circle"

something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs were arranged in a circle"

form a circle around; "encircle the errors"

travel around something; "circle the globe"

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.

The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.

An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle.

A round body; a sphere; an orb.

Compass; circuit; inclosure.

A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set.

A circular group of persons; a ring.

A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.

A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.

Indirect form of words; circumlocution.

A territorial division or district.

To move around; to revolve around.

To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.

To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.

The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.

An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle.

A round body; a sphere; an orb.

Compass; circuit; inclosure.

A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set.

A circular group of persons; a ring.

A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.

A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.

Indirect form of words; circumlocution.

A territorial division or district.

To move around; to revolve around.

To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.

To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.

A round body; a plane surface bounded by a single curved line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center; the closed plane curve bounding such a surface; a number of persons or things united by a common bond; something round, as a group of seats in a theater.

To move around; to revolve.

A ring-shaped structure or group of structures.

A continuous curved line of which every point is equally distant from the centre; space inclosed by such line; a ring; company of persons.

To move in a circle.

To move round.

A plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, everywhere equally distant from a point within called the center; also, the circumference.

Anything circular; a ring.

An association; set; coterie; class.

A plane figure comprehended by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the centre; a circular line, or anything in that form; a round body; a ring; compass; circuit; a series ending where it begins, and perpetually repeated; a number of persons, or things, or ideas considered as connected or drawn together by some central tie or bond; a complete system; a territorial division; an inconclusive form of argument, in which a proposition is disguisedly employed to prove itself.

To move round; to encircle.

To move round in a circle. To circle in, to confine; to keep together.

A figure contained by a single curved line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it called the centre; a ring; any round body; the compass or circuit of anything or place; a sphere or station in society; a number of persons, as a circle of friends; a series ending where it begins.

To move round; to encompass; to surround or enclose; to keep together.

Circulus- c. Ciliary, Ciliary ligament-c. of Willis, see Circulus.

A continuous curved line in the shape of a ring, every point of which is equidistant from a common center. For mathematical purposes, a circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts.

Any curved line, structure, or appliance more or less resembling a circle. (1st def.).

A series of similar or related objects, events, etc., so connected as to maintain a common action or produce a common result.

See circuit.

n. A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it called the centre; —the line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; —a round body; a sphere; an orb; a ring; —compass; circuit; —the company gathering round, or associated with a person or place; —a never ending series; —a form of reasoning, in which one proposition proves a position, and is itself proved by the same/

A curve line continued till it ends where it begun, having all parts equally distant from a common center; the space included in a circular line; a round body, an orb; compass, inclosure; an assembly surrounding the principal person; a company; any series ending as it begins; an inconclusive form of argument, in which the foregoing proposition is proved by the following, and the following inferred from the foregoing; circumlocution.