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circle

Noun

Singular
circle

Plural
circles

circle (plural circles)

  1. (geometry): A two-dimensional geometric figure consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from another point.
    The set of all points (x, y) such that (x − 1)2 + y2 = r2 is a circle of radius r around the point (1, 0).
  2. A two-dimensional geometric figure consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance from another point.
  3. Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
    Put on your dunce-cap and sit down on that circle.
  4. A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
    move in a circle
  5. Orbit.
  6. A specific group of persons.
    inner circle
    circle of friends
  7. (cricket) A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yds radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field restrictions in a one-day match.

6 letters in word "circle": C C E I L R.

Anagrams of circle:

Words found within circle:

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