Definition of Circle

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Circle

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.

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

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

A round body; a sphere; an orb.

Compass; circuit; inclosure.

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.

A circular group of persons; a ring.

A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.

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

Indirect form of words; circumlocution.

A territorial division or district.

To move around; to revolve around.

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

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

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Circle Quotations

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
Albert Einstein

The wheel is come full circle.
William Shakespeare

I love blackjack. But I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi circle.
Mitch Hedberg

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Albert Schweitzer

Could it be that my circle is largely black and that it is why I am influential in black circles but not in white circles?
Louis Farrakhan

Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.
Victor Hugo

Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.
R. Buckminster Fuller

I'm not comfortable being around too many people. I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to bars. I don't like doing celebrity stuff. So most of the characters I play are people who don't always feel comfortable beyond their small circle of friends.
Adam Sandler

You know when I feel inwardly beautiful? When I am with my girlfriends and we are having a 'goddess circle'.
Jennifer Aniston

There's a lot of people who don't understand the circle crops in England. Pure enigma.
Ken Kesey

Circle Translations

circle in Danish is cirkel
circle in Dutch is cirkel, kring
circle in French is cercle, rond
circle in German is Kreis
circle in Italian is cerchia
circle in Latin is orbis
circle in Norwegian is sirkel
circle in Swedish is krets, cirkel, kretsa, cirka

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