Circumference: alternatives and connections

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…

The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.

That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure.

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

The quality or state of being circular; a circular form.

The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.

The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

Circular motion in a direction contrary to some other circular motion.

A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received…

An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle w…

To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army…

To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York.

That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head.

A peculiar method of transformation, in which a figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions that are true for the original…

A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of a hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was a…

A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line…

Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game…

circular or nearly circular