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Phrases 61
- circular letterA freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters.
- circular sawA power saw with a circular cutting blade, whose teeth rotate rapidly.
- circular sectorA portion of a circle enclosed by two radii and an arc.
- circular segmentA region of a circle bounded by an arc and the chord connecting the endpoints of the arc.
- circular arcA continuous section of the circumference of a circle.
- circular argumentA term often conflated with begging the question in philosophy.
- circular economyAn industrial economy that aims to reduce waste and pollution by means of reuse, recycling, etc.
- circular definitionA definition relying directly or indirectly on the term being defined.
- circular breathingA particular breathing technique: it involves inhaling via the nose while pushing air, that was stored in the cheeks, out through the lips, so allows for continuous playing of a wind instrument.
- Circular HeadA local government area (Circular Head Council) in north-west Tasmania, Australia.
- circular bufferA data structure that uses a single, fixed-size buffer as if it were connected end-to-end.
- circular fileThe trash container; the wastebasket.
- circular firing squadA political party or other group experiencing considerable disarray because the members are engaging in internal disputes and mutual recrimination.
- circular fashionClothes that are designed and made in such a way that they will last for a long time, can eventually be repaired or redesigned instead of being thrown away, and cause little or no damage to the environment.
- circular functionSynonym of trigonometric function: Any function of an angle expressible as the ratio of two of the sides of a right triangle that has that angle (e.g., sine), or that subtracts 1 from such a ratio or subtracts such a ratio from 1 (e.g …
- circular referenceA series of references, where the last object references the first.
- circular needlea knitting implement consisting of two needles connected by a thin wire; used to knit round tubes
- circular filesplural of circular file: The trash container; the wastebasket.
- circular functionsplural of circular function: Any function of an angle expressible as the ratio of two of the sides of a right triangle that has that angle (e.g., sine), or that subtracts 1 from such a ratio or subtracts such a ratio from 1 (e.g., coversed …
- circular graphSynonym of pie chart: A pictorial graph in the shape of a circle, with segments representing related proportions
- circular logicSynonym of circular argument: A term often conflated with begging the question in philosophy.
- circular noteA banknote issued for the convenience of travellers, being a kind of bill that is personal to the bearer, who is also given a corresponding 'letter of indication' addressed to foreign bankers.
- circular referencesplural of circular reference: A series of references, where the last object references the first.
- court circularAn official record that lists the engagements carried out by the monarch and Royal Family of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, and appointments to their staff and to the court.
- circular queueA linked list whose last element links to its first element.
Compound words 24
- circularlyIn a circular way.
- bicircularHaving the form of two circles.
- squircularOf the shape of a squircle, intermediate between a square and a circle.
- circularinA particular circular bacteriocin produced by the bacterium Clostridium beijerinckii.
- circularismA circular approach or situation, in which one goes round in circles without making progress.
- circularwiseIn a circular manner.
- cocircularLying on the same circle
- demicircularSynonym of semicircular: In the shape of half of a circle or a semicircle.
- hemicircularSynonym of semicircular: In the shape of half of a circle or a semicircle.
- maxicircularRelating to maxicircles.