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English Dictionary: circle by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
circle
n
  1. ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point; "he calculated the circumference of the circle"
  2. an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
    Synonym(s): set, circle, band, lot
  3. something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs were arranged in a circle"
  4. movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
    Synonym(s): lap, circle, circuit
  5. a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
    Synonym(s): traffic circle, circle, rotary, roundabout
  6. street names for flunitrazepan
    Synonym(s): R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug, circle
  7. a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra; "they had excellent seats in the dress circle"
    Synonym(s): circle, dress circle
  8. any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles"
    Synonym(s): circle, round
v
  1. travel around something; "circle the globe"
  2. move in circles
    Synonym(s): circle, circulate
  3. form a circle around; "encircle the errors"
    Synonym(s): encircle, circle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}.]
      1. To move around; to revolve around.
  
                     Other planets circle other suns.         --Pope.
  
      2. To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to
            encircle. --Prior. Pope.
  
                     Their heads are circled with a short turban.
                                                                              --Dampier.
  
                     So he lies, circled with evil.            --Coleridge.
  
      {To circle in}, to confine; to hem in; to keep together; as,
            to circle bodies in. --Sir K. Digby.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Circle \Cir"cle\, v. i.
      To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
  
               Thy name shall circle round the gaping through.
                                                                              --Byron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Circle \Cir"cle\ (s[etil]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-}.]
      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.
  
      2. The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a
            ring.
  
      3. (Astron.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb
            of which consists of an entire circle.
  
      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 [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}.
  
      4. A round body; a sphere; an orb.
  
                     It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth.
                                                                              --Is. xi. 22.
  
      5. Compass; circuit; inclosure.
  
                     In the circle of this forest.            --Shak.
  
      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.
  
                     As his name gradually became known, the circle of
                     his acquaintance widened.                  --Macaulay.
  
      7. A circular group of persons; a ring.
  
      8. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
  
                     Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain. --Dryden.
  
      9. (Logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved
            statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive
            reasoning.
  
                     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.
  
      10. Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [R.]
  
                     Has he given the lie, In circle, or oblique, or
                     semicircle.                                       --J. Fletcher.
  
      11. A territorial division or district.
  
      Note:
  
      {The Circles of the Holy Roman Empire}, ten in number, were
            those principalities or provinces which had seats in the
            German Diet.
  
      {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} {circle [or] circuit}. See under {Circuit}.
  
      {To square the circle}. See under {Square}.
  
      Syn: Ring; circlet; compass; circuit; inclosure.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Circle, AK (CDP, FIPS 14880)
      Location: 65.82454 N, 144.08262 W
      Population (1990): 73 (31 housing units)
      Area: 11.8 sq km (land), 2.9 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99733
   Circle, MT (town, FIPS 14950)
      Location: 47.41749 N, 105.58614 W
      Population (1990): 805 (399 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 59215
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