Dictionary    Maps    Thesaurus    Translate    Advanced >   


Tip: Click Thesaurus above for synonyms. Also, follow synonym links within the dictionary to find definitions from other sources.

1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Circle \Cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circled; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Circling.] [OE. cerclen, F. cercler, fr. L. circulare to
   make round. See Circle, n., and cf. Circulate.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. To move around; to revolve around.
      [1913 Webster]

            Other planets circle other suns.      --Pope.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to
      encircle. --Prior. Pope.
      [1913 Webster]

            Their heads are circled with a short turban.
                                                  --Dampier.
      [1913 Webster]

            So he lies, circled with evil.        --Coleridge.
      [1913 Webster]

   To circle in, to confine; to hem in; to keep together; as,
      to circle bodies in. --Sir K. Digby.
      [1913 Webster]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Circle \Cir"cle\, v. i.
   To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
   [1913 Webster]

         Thy name shall circle round the gaping through.
                                                  --Byron.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Circle \Cir"cle\ (s[~e]r"k'l), n. [OE. cercle, F. cercle, fr. L.
   circulus (Whence also AS. circul), dim. of circus circle,
   akin to Gr. kri`kos, ki`rkos, circle, ring. Cf. Circus,
   Circum-.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a
      ring.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Astron.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb
      of which consists of an entire circle.
      [1913 Webster]

   Note: When it is fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is
         called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope
         on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a
         meridian circle or transit circle; when involving
         the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a
         reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an
         angle several times continuously along the graduated
         limb, a repeating circle.
         [1913 Webster]

   4. A round body; a sphere; an orb.
      [1913 Webster]

            It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth.
                                                  --Is. xi. 22.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. Compass; circuit; inclosure.
      [1913 Webster]

            In the circle of this forest.         --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   6. A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a
      central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a
      class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
      [1913 Webster]

            As his name gradually became known, the circle of
            his acquaintance widened.             --Macaulay.
      [1913 Webster]

   7. A circular group of persons; a ring.
      [1913 Webster]

   8. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
      [1913 Webster]

            Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain. --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

   9. (Logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved
      statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive
      reasoning.
      [1913 Webster]

            That heavy bodies descend by gravity; and, again,
            that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body
            descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches
            nothing.                              --Glanvill.
      [1913 Webster]

   10. Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [R.]
       [1913 Webster]

             Has he given the lie,
             In circle, or oblique, or semicircle. --J.
                                                  Fletcher.
       [1913 Webster]

   11. A territorial division or district.
       [1913 Webster]

   Note:

   The Circles of the Holy Roman Empire, ten in number, were
      those principalities or provinces which had seats in the
      German Diet.
      [1913 Webster]

   Azimuth circle. See under Azimuth.

   Circle of altitude (Astron.), a circle parallel to the
      horizon, having its pole in the zenith; an almucantar.

   Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve
      (Below).

   Circle of declination. See under Declination.

   Circle of latitude.
       (a) (Astron.) A great circle perpendicular to the plane
           of the ecliptic, passing through its poles.
       (b) (Spherical Projection) A small circle of the sphere
           whose plane is perpendicular to the axis.

   Circles of longitude, lesser circles parallel to the
      ecliptic, diminishing as they recede from it.

   Circle of perpetual apparition, at any given place, the
      boundary of that space around the elevated pole, within
      which the stars never set. Its distance from the pole is
      equal to the latitude of the place.

   Circle of perpetual occultation, at any given place, the
      boundary of the space around the depressed pole, within
      which the stars never rise.

   Circle of the sphere, a circle upon the surface of the
      sphere, called a great circle when its plane passes
      through the center of the sphere; in all other cases, a
      small circle.

   Diurnal circle. See under Diurnal.

   Dress circle, a gallery in a theater, generally the one
      containing the prominent and more expensive seats.

   Druidical circles (Eng. Antiq.), a popular name for certain
      ancient inclosures formed by rude stones circularly
      arranged, as at Stonehenge, near Salisbury.

   Family circle, a gallery in a theater, usually one
      containing inexpensive seats.

   Horary circles (Dialing), the lines on dials which show the
      hours.

   Osculating circle of a curve (Geom.), the circle which
      touches the curve at some point in the curve, and close to
      the point more nearly coincides with the curve than any
      other circle. This circle is used as a measure of the
      curvature of the curve at the point, and hence is called
      circle of curvature.

   Pitch circle. See under Pitch.

   Vertical circle, an azimuth circle.

   Voltaic circuit or Voltaic circle. See under Circuit.
      

   To square the circle. See under Square.

   Syn: Ring; circlet; compass; circuit; inclosure.
        [1913 Webster]

4. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Circle, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
   Population (2000):    100
   Housing Units (2000): 42
   Land area (2000):     107.672614 sq. miles (278.870779 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.540092 sq. miles (1.398832 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    108.212706 sq. miles (280.269611 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            14880
   Located within:       Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
   Location:             65.834464 N, 144.076392 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     99733
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Circle, AK
    Circle


5. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Circle, MT -- U.S. town in Montana
   Population (2000):    644
   Housing Units (2000): 384
   Land area (2000):     0.790055 sq. miles (2.046233 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.790055 sq. miles (2.046233 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            14950
   Located within:       Montana (MT), FIPS 30
   Location:             47.416987 N, 105.588734 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     59215
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Circle, MT
    Circle


Thesaurus Results for Circle,:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
O, acquaintance, advance, alentours, alternate, ambience, ambit, anklet, annular muscle, annulus, anthelion, antisun, aphelion, apogee, arc, arena, areola, armlet, arsis, ascend, associates, astronomical longitude, aura, aureole, autumnal equinox, back, back up, bailiwick, band, bangle, be here again, beads, beat, begird, belt, belt in, bijou, border, borderland, borderlands, bout, bow, bracelet, breastpin, brooch, budge, bunch, cabal, cadre, camarilla, camp, catacaustic, catenary, caustic, celestial equator, celestial longitude, celestial meridian, cell, chain, change, change place, chaplet, charm, charmed circle, chatelaine, cincture, circuit, circuiteer, circulate, circumambiencies, circumambulate, circumference, circumjacencies, circummigrate, circumnavigate, circumrotate, circumscribe, circumstances, circumvent, circumvolute, circus, clan, class, climb, clique, close the circle, closed circle, colures, come again, come and go, come around, come full circle, come round, come round again, come up again, companions, company, compass, comrades, conchoid, context, cordon, corona, coronet, coterie, countersun, course, crank, crescent, crew, cronies, crook, crowd, crown, curl, curve, cycle, demesne, department, descend, describe a circle, diacaustic, diadem, diastole, dimensions, discus, disk, division, domain, dominion, downbeat, earring, ebb, ecliptic, elite, elite group, ellipse, encincture, encircle, enclose, encompass, engird, ensphere, entourage, environ, environing circumstances, environment, environs, equator, equinoctial, equinoctial circle, equinoctial colure, equinox, eternal return, extension, extent, fairy ring, fellowship, festoon, field, flank, flow, fob, fraternity, friends, full circle, galactic longitude, garland, gem, geocentric longitude, geodetic longitude, gestalt, get over, gird, girdle, girdle the globe, glory, go, go about, go around, go round, go sideways, go the round, great circle, group, gyrate, gyre, habitat, halo, heliocentric longitude, hem, hemisphere, hook, hoop, hyperbola, ingroup, inner circle, intermit, jewel, judicial circuit, junta, junto, jurisdiction, lap, lasso, length, lituus, locket, logical circle, longitude, loop, looplet, lot, lunar corona, lunar halo, magic circle, make a circuit, march, meridian, milieu, mob, mock moon, mock sun, moon dog, mount, move, move over, necklace, neighborhood, nimbus, noose, nose ring, orb, orbit, oscillate, outfit, outposts, outskirts, pale, parabola, paraselene, parhelic circle, parhelion, perigee, perihelion, perimeter, period, periphery, pin, pirouette, pivot, plunge, precinct, precincts, precious stone, progress, province, pulsate, pulse, purlieus, push, radius, rainbow, realm, reappear, recur, regress, reoccur, repeat, retrogress, return, revolution, revolve, rhinestone, ring, ringlet, rise, roll, roll around, rondelle, rotate, rotation, round, round trip, roundel, rounds, run, saucer, scope, screw, series, set, shift, sink, sinus, situation, skirt, small circle, soar, society, solar corona, solar halo, solstitial colure, spell, sphere, sphincter, spin, spiral, stickpin, stir, stone, stream, subside, suburbs, sun dog, surround, surroundings, swing, swivel, systole, thesis, tiara, torque, total environment, tour, tracery, trajectory, travel, turn, turn a pirouette, turn around, turn round, twine around, twist, undulate, upbeat, vernal equinox, vicinage, vicinity, vicious circle, walk, wamble, wampum, wane, we-group, wheel, wheel around, whirl, wind, wreath, wreathe, wreathe around, wristband, wristlet, zodiac, zone
Common Misspellings >
Most Popular Searches: Define Misanthrope, Define Pulchritudinous, Define Happy, Define Veracity, Define Cornucopia, Define Almuerzo, Define Atresic, Define URL, Definitions Of Words, Definition Of Get Up, Definition Of Quid Pro Quo, Definition Of Irreconcilable Differences, Definition Of Word, Synonyms of Repetitive, Synonym Dictionary, Synonym Antonyms. See our main index and map index for more details.

©2011-2024 ZebraWords.com - Define Yourself - The Search for Meanings and Meaning Means I Mean. All content subject to terms and conditions as set out here. Contact Us, peruse our Privacy Policy