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Covering all 360 degrees of a circle.
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(archaic, rare) The circumference of something circular; also, an arc; a circuit, an orbit.
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Sharp-cornered; pointed.
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Shaped with corners or angles.
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Alternative form of angulous [(archaic) angular; having corners]
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(mathematics) perpendicular to an orthic axis
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(mechanics) Being or pertaining to a special class of deformation where the displacements in the body are zero in the plane of interest but non-zero in the direction perpendicular to that plane.
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The path traced by the instantaneous axis of a figure when it undergoes motion in a plane
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(mineralogy) The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.
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(mathematics, of a prism) Having a cap (in the shape of a pyramid) at each end
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(engineering) A theoretical circle passing through the center points of bolt holes positioned with equal spacing.
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(mathematics, cartography) Of, or pertaining to, co-ordinates based on mutually orthogonal axes.
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A supposed error in reasoning attributed to René Descartes. A form of circular argument.
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(botany) A circular growth or foliation.
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A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
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Alternative spelling of circular sector [(geometry) A portion of a circle enclosed by two radii and an arc.]
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Alternative form of circlish [Somewhat resembling a circle; circular.]
adj
Alternative form of circlish [Somewhat resembling a circle; circular.]
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(anatomy) The circular (or, more precisely, conical) movement of a body part, such as a ball-and-socket joint or the eye. It consists of a combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction.
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(geometry, of a set of points) Lying on the same circle
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(geometry) A cylinder with elliptical cross-section.
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The difference between the radius of the pitch circle of a gear and its root circle
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(cartography) Of a map, having the property that equal areas on the map represent equal areas on the mapped surface.
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(physics) A generalization of velocity in four-dimensional spacetime
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Relating to half-planes.
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Having an extreme angled surface
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(computer graphics) A tiny facet of the surface of an object being rendered, used in approximating reflections, etc.
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Alternative spelling of Möbius strip [(topology) A one-sided surface formed by identifying two opposite edges of a square in opposite senses;]
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Alternative spelling of Möbius strip [(topology) A one-sided surface formed by identifying two opposite edges of a square in opposite senses;]
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A large circle marked with degrees, etc., fixed to a wall, for measuring arcs of the meridian.
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(topology) A one-sided surface formed by identifying two opposite edges of a square in opposite senses;
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An ellipse with minor and major axes that are different.
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A structure similar to an isogrid but having rectangular rather than triangular openings.
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(geometry) A planar curve having the property that, when its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by the force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point or centre, by equal distances in equal times.
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An optical illusion depicting an impossible solid object made of three straight beams of square cross section which meet pairwise at right angles at the vertices of the triangle they form.
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Alternative form of planispiral [coiled in the plane (as opposed to helical)]
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Employing four pulses (typically, four monophasic magnetic pulses)
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a group of employees which meets regularly to resolve problems and improve working methods; part of the kaizen system
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(physics) Half of the harmonic mean of two given masses.
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(geometry) The motion of one plane figure around another, so that the longest diameter of one shall come into line with the shortest of the other.
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(surveying) To determine positions using compass bearings based on three or more known positions.
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(geometry) part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector
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(geometry) The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
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Alternative form of semielliptical [(architecture) Having the form of half an ellipse (divided along the major axis)]
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Alternative form of semimajor [(geometry) Of or pertaining to the semimajor axis, the long axis of an ellipse]
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Alternative form of semimajor axis [(geometry) Half of the major axis of a circle or ellipse.]
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Alternative form of semiminor [(mathematics) Describing each of the two segments of the minor axis of a conic section at both sides of the center of the conic section.]
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(physics) The amplitude of a wave equal to half of that from peak to peak
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(geometry) half of an arc
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(mathematics) A line segment, joining the centre of a figure to an edge, that forms half of an axis of symmetry.
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One half of the circumference of a circle
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(geometry) Having the form of concentric semicircles
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(architecture) Having the form of half an ellipse (divided along the major axis)
adj
(geometry) Of or pertaining to the semimajor axis, the long axis of an ellipse
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(geometry) Half of the major axis of a circle or ellipse.
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(geometry) Pertaining to half the length of the middle axis on an ellipse (halfway between the major and minor axes).
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(geometry) Half a chord bisected by the transverse diameter of a conic.
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Physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of this.
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(chiefly uncountable) The quality of being spherical, being a sphere.
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(philately) A cancellation mark consisting of an outer ring of concentric circles, cropped into a square shape.
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(countable) A drawing produced in this style.
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(geometry) A geometric construction consisting of a semicircle and two line segments that serves as a tool for trisecting an angle; so called from its resemblance to the American Indian axe.
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An optical illusion, the Penrose triangle.
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An axis or hinge; a turning point.
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