Толковый словарь английского языка - circle
Circle
circle
I. noun Usage: often attributive see: ring Date: 14th century 1. ring , halo , a closed plane curve every point of which is equidistant from a fixed point within the curve, the plane surface bounded by such a curve, the orbit of a celestial body, something in the form of a ~ or section of a ~: as, diadem , an instrument of astronomical observation the graduated limb of which consists of an entire ~, a balcony or tier of seats in a theater, a ~ formed on the surface of a sphere by the intersection of a plane that passes through it , rotary 2, an area of action or influence ; realm , 5. cycle , round , fallacious reasoning in which something to be demonstrated is covertly assumed, a group of persons sharing a common interest or revolving about a common center , a territorial or administrative division or district, a curving side street, II. verb (~d; circling) Date: 14th century transitive verb to enclose in or as if in a ~, to move or revolve around , intransitive verb 1. to move in or as if in a ~, circulate , to describe or extend in a ~, ~r noun
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a round plane figure whose circumference is everywhere equidistant from its centre. b the line enclosing a circle. 2 a roundish enclosure or structure. 3 a ring. 4 a curved upper tier of seats in a theatre etc. (dress circle). 5 a circular route. 6 Archaeol. a group of (usu. large embedded) stones arranged in a circle. 7 Hockey = striking-circle. 8 persons grouped round a centre of interest. 9 a set or class or restricted group (literary circles; not done in the best circles). 10 a period or cycle (the circle of the year). 11 (in full vicious circle) a an unbroken sequence of reciprocal cause and effect. b an action and reaction that intensify each other (cf. virtuous circle). c the fallacy of proving a proposition from another which depends on the first for its own proof. --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by round, about) move in a circle. 2 tr. a revolve round. b form a circle round. Phrases and idioms circle back move in a wide loop towards the starting-point. come full circle return to the starting-point. go round in circles make no progress despite effort. great (or small) circle a circle on the surface of a sphere whose plane passes (or does not pass) through the sphere's centre. run round in circles colloq. be fussily busy with little result. Derivatives circler n. Etymology: ME f. OF cercle f. L circulus dimin. of circus ring ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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