Definition of circle

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Circle (n.) A round body; a sphere; an orb.

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Declination :: Declination (n.) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south..
Ellipse :: Ellipse (n.) An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus..
Secondary :: Secondary (n.) A secondary circle.
Proleg :: Proleg (n.) One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larvae of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also proped, propleg, and falseleg..
Amplitude :: Amplitude (n.) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
Circular :: Circular (a.) Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic..
Orb :: Orb (n.) A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit..
Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas..
Semicircle :: Semicircle (n.) A body in the form of half of a circle, or half of a circumference..
Outer :: Outer (n.) The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bull's-eye.
Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast..
Round :: Round (n.) A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle..
Encyclopaedia :: Encyclopaedia (n.) The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia..
Incircle :: Incircle (v. t.) See Encircle.
Evolute :: Evolute (n.) A curve from which another curve, called the involute or evolvent, is described by the end of a thread gradually wound upon the former, or unwound from it. See Involute. It is the locus of the centers of all the circles which are osculatory to the given curve or evolvent..
Orb :: Orb (n.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry..
Eccentric :: Eccentric (n.) A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first.
Salon :: Salon (n.) An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society..
Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90ยก, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6..
Hemicycle :: Hemicycle (n.) A half circle; a semicircle.
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