circular : Idioms & Phrases

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Circular or Globular sailing

  • (Naut.), the method of sailing by the arc of a great circle.
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Circular are

  • any portion of the circumference of a circle.
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Circular cubics

  • (Math.), curves of the third order which are imagined to pass through the two circular points at infinity.
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circular file

  • noun a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
    waste-paper basket; wastebasket; wastepaper basket; waste basket.
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circular function

  • noun function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle
    trigonometric function; circular function.
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Circular functions

  • noun function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle
    trigonometric function; circular function.
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  • . (Math.) See under Function.
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Circular instruments

  • mathematical instruments employed for measuring angles, in which the graduation extends round the whole circumference of a circle, or 360°.
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Circular lines

  • straight lines pertaining to the circle, as sines, tangents, secants, etc.
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circular measure

  • noun measurement of angles in radians
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Circular note or letter

  • . (a) (Com.) See under Credit. (b) (Diplomacy) A letter addressed in identical terms to a number of persons.
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Circular numbers

  • (Arith.), those whose powers terminate in the same digits as the roots themselves; as 5 and 6, whose squares are 25 and 36. Bailey. Barlow.
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circular plane

  • noun a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces
    compass plane.
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Circular points at infinity

  • (Geom.), two imaginary points at infinite distance through which every circle in the plane is, in the theory of curves, imagined to pass.
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Circular polarization

  • . (Min.) See under Polarization.
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Circular saw

  • noun a power saw that has a steel disk with cutting teeth on the periphery; rotates on a spindle
    buzz saw.
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  • . See under Saw.
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circular-knit

  • adjective satellite knitted in tubular form
    • circular-knit sweaters without seams
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Court circular

  • one or more paragraphs of news respecting the sovereign and the royal family, together with the proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied to the newspapers by an officer specially charged with such duty. Eng. Edwards.
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portable circular saw

  • noun a circular saw that is portable and is operated with a hand grip
    portable saw.
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