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Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A ring of thin metal formed with a grooved circumference so as to fit within an eye-spice, or the like, and protect it from chafing..

Heterochromous :: Heterochromous (a.) Having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the circumference.

Circumferential :: Circumferential (a.) Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous.

Circumference :: Circumference (n.) The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body..

Bias :: Bias (n.) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

Semicircle :: Semicircle (n.) The half of a circle; the part of a circle bounded by its diameter and half of its circumference.

Verge :: Verge (n.) A circumference; a circle; a ring.

Quadrant :: Quadrant (n.) The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90¡, or one subtending a right angle at the center..

Pole :: Pole (n.) A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a given meridian..

Circle :: Circle (n.) The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.

Brush Wheel :: Brush wheel () A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference..

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant..

Semicircle :: Semicircle (n.) A body in the form of half of a circle, or half of a circumference..

Incommensurable :: Incommensurable (a.) Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable..

Noria :: Noria (n.) A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel..

Cablet :: Cablet (n.) A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.

Circuit :: Circuit (n.) The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area..

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus..

Tore :: Tore (n.) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.

Circle :: Circle (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 center..

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