Definition of Circular

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Circular

In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.

repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the point of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular reasoning.

Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic.

Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation; as, a circular letter.

Perfect; complete.

A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular.

A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.

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Circular Quotations

My neighbor has a circular driveway... he can't get out.
Steven Wright

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
Saint Augustine

I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular, since the motion appropriate to a sphere is rotation in a circle.
Nicolaus Copernicus

To add an AC outlet, for example, you just drill a circular hole in the wall, tap into the wiring, add the outlet and you're set. If you don't want it, pull it out and plaster over it with more earth to seal the hole.
Randy Bachman

Many of their lodges remained as perfect as when occupied. They were made of poles two or three inches in diameter, set up in circular form, and covered with cedar bark.
William Henry Ashley

Now all oscillatory movements of such an electron can be conceived of as being split up into force, and two circular oscillations perpendicular to this direction rotating in opposite directions.
Pieter Zeeman

I've never been convinced that experience is linear, circular, or even random. It just is. I try to put it in some kind of order to extract meaning from it, to bring meaning to it.
Toni Cade Bambara

It's quite complicated and sounds circular, but we've worked out a way of calculate a Web site's importance.
Larry Page

Loving a baby is a circular business, a kind of feedback loop. The more you give the more you get and the more you get the more you feel like giving.
Penelope Leach

Circular Translations

circular in Dutch is rondschrijven, circulaire
circular in French is circulaire, cyclo
circular in Italian is rotondo, sferico
circular in Spanish is rotundo

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