CIRCLE
\sˈɜːkə͡l], \sˈɜːkəl], \s_ˈɜː_k_əl]\
Definitions of CIRCLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
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any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles"
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a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
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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"
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something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs were arranged in a circle"
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form a circle around; "encircle the errors"
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travel around something; "circle the globe"
By Princeton University
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movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
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any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles"
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a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
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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"
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something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs were arranged in a circle"
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form a circle around; "encircle the errors"
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travel around something; "circle the globe"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.
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An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle.
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A round body; a sphere; an orb.
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Compass; circuit; inclosure.
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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.
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A circular group of persons; a ring.
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A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
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A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
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Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
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A territorial division or district.
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To move around; to revolve around.
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To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.
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To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.
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An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle.
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A round body; a sphere; an orb.
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Compass; circuit; inclosure.
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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.
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A circular group of persons; a ring.
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A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
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A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
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Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
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A territorial division or district.
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To move around; to revolve around.
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To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.
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To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
By Noah Webster.
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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.
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To move around; to revolve.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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A continuous curved line of which every point is equally distant from the centre; space inclosed by such line; a ring; company of persons.
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To move in a circle.
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To move round.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, everywhere equally distant from a point within called the center; also, the circumference.
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Anything circular; a ring.
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An association; set; coterie; class.
By James Champlin Fernald
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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.
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To move round; to encircle.
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To move round in a circle. To circle in, to confine; to keep together.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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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.
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To move round; to encompass; to surround or enclose; to keep together.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Robley Dunglison
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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.
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Any curved line, structure, or appliance more or less resembling a circle. (1st def.).
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A series of similar or related objects, events, etc., so connected as to maintain a common action or produce a common result.
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See circuit.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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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/
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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.
By Thomas Sheridan