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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Cyclopedic :: Cyclopedic (a.) Belonging to the circle of the sciences, or to a cyclopedia; of the nature of a cyclopedia; hence, of great range, extent, or amount; as, a man of cyclopedic knowledge..
Pearl :: Pearl (n.) One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
Almucantar :: Almucantar (n.) A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar.
Cyclo- :: Cyclo- () A combining form meaning circular, of a circle or wheel..
Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.
Obvoluted :: Obvoluted (a.) Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap..
Girt :: Girt (v.) To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree..
Intuition :: Intuition (n.) Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from mediate knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension..
Gyratory :: Gyratory (a.) Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around..
Colure :: Colure (n.) One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the other intersects the equator at the distance of 90ยก from the former, and is called the solstitial colure..
Circinate :: Circinate (v. t.) To make a circle around; to encompass.
Circle :: Circle (v. i.) To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
Circulate :: Circulate (v. i.) To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body..
Outer :: Outer (n.) The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bull's-eye.
Ellipsoid :: Ellipsoid (n.) A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a)..
Sabella :: Sabella (n.) A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.
Owl :: Owl (n.) Any species of raptorial birds of the family Strigidae. They have large eyes and ears, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits..
Circumference :: Circumference (n.) A circle; anything circular.
Sextant :: Sextant (n.) The sixth part of a circle.
Periphery :: Periphery (n.) The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure..
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