Definition of circle

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Circle (n.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle..

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Salon :: Salon (n.) An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society..
Boultin :: Boultin (n.) A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo..
Pearl :: Pearl (n.) One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
Ectoprocta :: Ectoprocta (n. pl.) An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.
Semiannular :: Semiannular (a.) Having the figure of a half circle; forming a semicircle.
Demicircle :: Demicircle (n.) An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor, but has an alidade, sights, and a compass..
Arctic :: Arctic (n.) The arctic circle.
Fake :: Fake (n.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil..
Semicircle :: Semicircle (n.) An instrument for measuring angles.
Azimuthal :: Azimuthal (a.) Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
Circled :: Circled (imp. & p. p.) of Circl.
Circular :: Circular (a.) In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round..
Annulus :: Annulus (n.) A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other..
Circle :: Circle (n.) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.
Eccentric :: Eccentric (n.) A circle described about the center of an elliptical orbit, with half the major axis for radius..
Circ :: Circ (n.) An amphitheatrical circle for sports; a circus.
Roundelay :: Roundelay (n.) A dance in a circle.
Palladium :: Palladium (n.) A rare metallic element of the light platinum group, found native, and also alloyed with platinum and gold. It is a silver-white metal resembling platinum, and like it permanent and untarnished in the air, but is more easily fusible. It is unique in its power of occluding hydrogen, which it does to the extent of nearly a thousand volumes, forming the alloy Pd2H. It is used for graduated circles and verniers, for plating certain silver goods, and somewhat in dentistry. It was so na
Octant :: Octant (n.) An instrument for measuring angles (generally called a quadrant), having an arc which measures up to 9O¡, but being itself the eighth part of a circle. Cf. Sextant..
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