Circle vs. Circuit

Circlenoun

(geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).

Circlenoun

A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.

Circlenoun

Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.

Circlenoun

A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.

Circlenoun

Orbit.

Circlenoun

A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.

Circlenoun

(cricket) A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field restrictions in a one-day match.

Circlenoun

(Wicca) A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the air with a wand or literally with stones or other items used for worship.

Circlenoun

(South Africa) A traffic circle or roundabout.

Circlenoun

(obsolete) Compass; circuit; enclosure.

Circlenoun

(astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When 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.

Circlenoun

A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.

Circlenoun

(logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.

Circlenoun

Indirect form of words; circumlocution.

Circlenoun

A territorial division or district.

Circlenoun

(in the plural) A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.

Circleverb

(transitive) To travel around along a curved path.

Circleverb

(transitive) To surround.

Circleverb

(transitive) To place or mark a circle around.

Circleverb

(intransitive) To travel in circles.

Circlenoun

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.

Circlenoun

The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.

Circlenoun

An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle.

Circlenoun

A round body; a sphere; an orb.

Circlenoun

Compass; circuit; inclosure.

Circlenoun

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.

Circlenoun

A circular group of persons; a ring.

Circlenoun

A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.

Circlenoun

A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.

Circlenoun

Indirect form of words; circumlocution.

Circlenoun

A territorial division or district.

Circleverb

To move around; to revolve around.

Circleverb

To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.

Circleverb

To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.

Circlenoun

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;

Circlenoun

an unofficial association of people or groups;

Circlenoun

something approximating the shape of a circle;

Circlenoun

movement once around a course;

Circlenoun

a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island;

Circlenoun

street names for flunitrazepan

Circlenoun

a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra;

Circlenoun

any circular or rotating mechanism;

Circleverb

travel around something;

Circleverb

move in circles

Circleverb

be around;

Circleverb

form a circle around;

Circlenoun

a round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the centre)

Circlenoun

something in the shape of a circle

Circlenoun

a dark circular mark below each eye caused by illness or tiredness

Circlenoun

a curved upper tier of seats in a theatre or cinema

Circlenoun

short for striking circle

Circlenoun

a group of people with a shared profession, interests, or acquaintances

Circleverb

move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once

Circleverb

move in a wide loop back towards one's starting point

Circleverb

form a ring around

Circleverb

draw a line around

Circle

A circle is a shape consisting of all points in a plane that are at a given distance from a given point, the centre; equivalently it is the curve traced out by a point that moves in a plane so that its distance from a given point is constant. The distance between any point of the circle and the centre is called the radius.

Circuitnoun

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution

Circuitnoun

The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.

Circuitnoun

That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.

Circuitnoun

The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.

Circuitnoun

(electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.

Circuitnoun

A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job

Circuitnoun

(legal) The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.

Circuitnoun

(historical) Various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China, including:

Circuitnoun

The counties at the fringes of the empire, usually with a non-Chinese population, from the Han to the Western Jin.

Circuitnoun

The 10 or so major provinces of the empire from the Tang to the early Yuan.

Circuitnoun

Major provincial divisions from the Yuan to early Republican China.

Circuitnoun

(legal) circuit court

Circuitnoun

(Methodism) The basic grouping of local Methodist churches.

Circuitnoun

By analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.

Circuitnoun

(motor racing) A track on which a race in held; a racetrack

Circuitnoun

(obsolete) circumlocution

Circuitnoun

(Scientology) A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.

Circuitnoun

(graph theory) A closed path, without repeated vertices allowed.

Circuitnoun

A chain of cinemas/movie theaters.

Circuitverb

To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.

Circuitverb

To travel around.

Circuitnoun

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.

Circuitnoun

The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.

Circuitnoun

That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.

Circuitnoun

The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.

Circuitnoun

A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.

Circuitnoun

A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.

Circuitnoun

Circumlocution.

Circuitverb

To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.

Circuitverb

To travel around.

Circuitnoun

an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow

Circuitnoun

a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area;

Circuitnoun

an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to;

Circuitnoun

(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals

Circuitnoun

a racetrack for automobile races

Circuitnoun

movement once around a course;

Circuitverb

make a circuit;