MetaGlossary.com: Circle

Keywords: Circus, Circular, Chariot, Roofless, Oblong

Related Terms: Arc, Around, Calipers, Circuit, Circular, Circumference, Compass, Concentric, Cycloid, Cylinder, Epicycloid, Geodesic, Hoop, Involute, Involute, Orbicular, Radius, Ring, Rocker, Round, Roundel, Sector, Semicircle, Spiral, Torus, Concentricity, Major Arc, Loop , Outside Diameter, House, Rings, Segmental Arch, Serpentine, Spiral, Turning Circle, Pitch Diameter, Circular Barbell, Concentric Circles, Circle, Circle Cutter, Kreisel, Radius, Toroid, Center Circle, Circular Error Probable, Sector Of A Circle, Stone Circle, Dedendum, Cep

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A circular group of persons; a ring.

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Circuit breakers Circus swap

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The Latin root of the word circle is circus. The traditional shape of the large roofless enclosures in which the famous Roman Chariot races were run was circular or oblong, and thus the word came to described this shape as well.

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Flight-lead-directed defensive maneuver in which the flight establishes a circular holding pattern for mutual support.

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A circular blank fabricated from plate, sheet, or foil.

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