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circular

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1. circular - Noun

2. circular - Adjective

3. circular - Verb

4. circular - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering. Augustine of Hippo

Faces come and faces go in circular rotation. But something yearns within to grow beyond infatuation. Don McLean

Towns should be laid out not as an exact square nor with salient angles, but in circular form, to give a view of the enemy from many points. Defense is difficult where there are salient angles because the angle protects the enemy rather than the inhabitants. Vitruvius

If the society toward which we are developing is not to be a nightmare of exhaustion, we must use the interlude of the present era to develop a new technology which is based on a circular flow of materials such that the only sources of man's provisions will be his own waste products. Kenneth Boulding

If... the motion of the earth were circular, it would be violent and contrary to nature, and could not be eternal, since ... nothing violent is eternal .... It follows, therefore, that the earth is not moved with a circular motion. Thomas Aquinas

The weak point in the system of the Circles - if a humble Square may venture to speak of anything Circular as containing any element of weakness - appears to me to be found in their relations with Women. Edwin Abbott Abbott

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