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circle
1. A two-dimensional geometric figure formed with a curved line surrounding a center point, every point of the line being an equal distance from the center point.
2. A circular course, circuit, or orbit: a satellite's circle around the earth.
3. A curved section or tier of seats in a theater.
4. A process, series, or process that finishes at its starting point or continuously repeats itself; a cycle.
5. A group of people sharing a common interest, profession, activity, social background, or achievement: well-known in artistic circles.
6. A territorial or administrative division, especially of a province, in some European countries.
2. A circular course, circuit, or orbit: a satellite's circle around the earth.
3. A curved section or tier of seats in a theater.
4. A process, series, or process that finishes at its starting point or continuously repeats itself; a cycle.
5. A group of people sharing a common interest, profession, activity, social background, or achievement: well-known in artistic circles.
6. A territorial or administrative division, especially of a province, in some European countries.
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circle (SUR kuhl) (noun)
1. A perfectly round shape: The student drew a circle around the correct answer on the quiz.
2. An arrangement of people or things that forms a circumference: The campers formed a circle around the campfire.
2. An arrangement of people or things that forms a circumference: The campers formed a circle around the campfire.
circle (SUR kuhl) (verb)
1. To form a line around something: Again, you could see the members of the class circle what they thought was the correct answer.
2. To move or to go around someone or something: The pilot had to circle above the airport before he could land.
2. To move or to go around someone or something: The pilot had to circle above the airport before he could land.
The pioneers had to circle their wagons so they could defend themselves better if there were an attack.
When Blake was at camp, he would sit in a circle and look up at the sky and he could see the planes circle overhead while they waited for their turns to land at the local airport.
That reminded Blake of the time when he was a child watching skywriters flying overhead and drawing circles and other letters in the sky with the smoke from their planes.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group C; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
(page 5)
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“circle”
(Latin: ring, an iron ring for the feet; circle; (so called because of its form); usually the posterior opening of the alimentary canal through which undigested food is voided; the anus)
(Latin: circle [a ring; wheel], round)
(Greek: around, round, circle, circular)
(Greek: turning, spinning, whirling, bend, circular motion; originally, "circle, curved, ring")
(Latin: rut or track made in the ground by a wheel; circle, ring, round surface, disk)
(Latin: around, about, surrounding, closed curve, circling, circular on all sides; literally, "in a circle")
(Greek: iris [relating to the eye]; the rainbow; colored circle, colored portion of the eye [originally, "something bent or curved"])
(Greek: that which may be turned or spun around; magician's circle; equilateral parallelogram in which only the opposite angles are equal)
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Arctic Circle
In the Northern Hemisphere, the parallel of latitude that is equal to the complement of the summer solstice; due to steady variations in the obliquity of the summer solstice, the position of the Arctic Circle is constantly changing.
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arcto-, arct- +
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round circle
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Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
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circle
A round straight line with a hole in it.
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Definitions in Deviant and Comical Format
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circle, mathematical
A continuous line or the plane bounded by such a line, in which every point of the line is equidistant from the central point lying on the plane.
A circle is commonly described by its radius, a straight line extending from the center of the circle to any point on the perimeter; and its diameter, a straight line extending from a point on the perimeter, through the center, to a point on the perimeter on the other side of the circle or it is expressed as "twice the radius".
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Measurements and Mathematics Terms
(page 4)