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Circle

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English

Etymology

Latin 'circulus.

Noun

  1. Mathematics In the Euclidian plane a set of all points equally distant to some point.
    Example: The set of all points (x, y) such that Failed to parse (PNG conversion failed; check for correct installation of latex, dvips, gs, and convert): (x-1)^2 + y^2 = r^2
describes the circle of radius r around the point (1, 0).
  1. orbit.
  2. a curve (for instance where forming a whole circle may be impractical.
  3. a specific group of persons (e.g. inner circle )
  4. a line comprising two semicircles of 30 yds radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field restrictions in a one-day match .

Translations

  • Breton: kelc'h m -ioù pl (1,2)
  • Chinese:
  • Czech: kolo n, kruh m
  • Danish: cirkel
  • Dutch: cirkel m
  • Finnish: ympyrä (1), rata (2), kaari (3), piiri (4)
  • French: cercle m
  • German: Kreis m (1,2,4), Zirkel m (4)
  • Greek: kyklo
  • Hebrew: עגול /igul'/
  • Indonesian: lingkaran , bundaran
  • Interlingua: circulo
  • Italian: circolo m
  • Japanese: (えん, en), (まる , maru)
  • Latin: circulus , circulum
  • Portuguese: círculo m
  • Polish: okrąg m, krąg m
  • Romanian: cerc n
  • Russian: круг m (1), окружность f (2)
  • Spanish: círculo m

Verb

to circle

  1. To travel around something, usually in a circular, or elliptical path.
  2. To be around something.
  3. To place a circle round something, which could be a hoop or a drawn circle.

Translations

  • Breton: kelc'hiañ , gronnañ
  • Czech: kroužit
  • Danish: omkredse
  • Dutch: cirkelen
  • Finnish: [kiertää]] (1), ympäröidä (2, 3), ympyröidä (3, draw a circle)
  • French: cercler (1); entourer (2)
  • German: umkreisen (1,2), einkreisen (2,3)
  • Indonesian: mengelilingi , mengitari
  • Interlingua: circular
  • Irish: ciorcal
  • Italian: circondare (2)
  • Japanese: 回る (まわる , mawaru), 周回 する (しゅうかい する, shūkai-suru)
  • Portuguese: circular
  • Polish: krążyć
  • Romanian: încercui
  • Russian: кружить (1), окружать (2)



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