CIRCLE

v. surround, encircle; go around in a circle

n. ring-shaped geometric figure, round figure; group, society

In Euclidean geometry, a circle is the set of all points in a plane at a fixed distance, called the radius, from a given point, the centre. Circles are simple closed curves which divide the plane into an interior and exterior. The circumference of a circle means the length of the circle, and the interior of the circle is called a disk. An arc is any continuous portion of a circle. A circle is a special ellipse in which the two foci coincide (i.e., are the same point). Circles are conic sections attained when a right circular cone is intersected with a plane perpendicular to the axis of the cone.
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Noun
1. ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point; "he calculated the circumference of the circle"
(hypernym) ellipse, oval
(hyponym) circle of curvature, osculating circle
(part-meronym) arc
2. an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
(synonym) set, band, lot
(hypernym) social group
(hyponym) car pool
3. something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs were arranged in a circle"
(hypernym) shape, form
(derivation) surround, environ, encircle, round, ring
4. movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
(synonym) lap, circuit
(hypernym) locomotion, travel
(hyponym) pace lap
(derivation) circulate
5. a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
(synonym) traffic circle, rotary, roundabout
(hypernym) junction
(part-holonym) road, route
6. street names for flunitrazepan
(synonym) R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug
(hypernym) flunitrazepan, Rohypnol
7. a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra; "they had excellent seats in the dress circle"
(synonym) dress circle
(hypernym) seating, seats, seating room, seating area
(part-holonym) theater, theatre, house
8. any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles"
(synonym) round
(hypernym) rotating mechanism
(hyponym) disk, disc
(derivation) circulate
Verb
1. travel around something; "circle the globe"
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) circumambulate, walk around
(derivation) lap, circuit
2. move in circles
(synonym) circulate
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) orbit, revolve
(derivation) lap, circuit
3. be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"
(synonym) surround, environ, encircle, round, ring
(hypernym) hold, bear, carry, contain
(hyponym) twine
4. form a circle around; "encircle the errors"
(synonym) encircle
(hypernym) shape, form

(v. i.)
To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
  

(n.)
To move around; to revolve around.
  

(n.)
To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.
  

(n.)
The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.
  

(n.)
Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
  

(n.)
Compass; circuit; inclosure.
  

(n.)
An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle.
  

(n.)
A territorial division or district.
  

(n.)
A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
  

(n.)
A round body; a sphere; an orb.
  

(n.)
A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.
  

(n.)
A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
  

(n.)
A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
  

(n.)
A circular group of persons; a ring.
  

Circle In the description of cosmological symbols, the first figure is a circle: ever-eternal, universal nature, the abstract space of a cosmic hierarchy. The circle itself may be taken as the symbol of this first manifestation, the clean sheet of paper representing abstract space, the Boundless. This circle is in reality boundless, its circumference being ideal, representing the limits of our perceptions of physical or inner space, or the ideal boundary which must be postulated in our conceptions of infinitude.
The second circle, with the central point, represents the First Logos of any hierarchy, the mystic unity symbolized by the inclusive number one, the unitary source from which proceed the creative rays or sevenfold manifestation of the Logos. The point at its center is the symbol of the cosmic germ of generation out of which all later beings emanate or flow, and hence it is the first manifestation.
Considering the circle as a line, it is without beginning or end; progress from any point in it brings us eventually to the same point again without turning back. Thus it is a symbol of cyclic evolution. Eternal motion is essentially circular and vibratory. A circular motion becomes spiral, and this is the cosmic serpent, emblem of cosmic forces, and hence of life on all planes. The egg is another form of the circle or sphere symbol; the chakra or wheel as used in India is another. The circle may be conceived as either one unbroken line, having no parts, or as an infinitude of points -- which shows that zero and infinity are extremes which meet. In the symbol of the circle, spirit and matter are not yet separated; it is spirit-substance. For the problem of squaring the circle, see Pi .