| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class II. Words Relating to Space | | Section III. Form | | 2. Special Form |
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| 247. [Simple Circularity.] Circularity. |
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| NOUN: | CIRCULARITY, roundness; rotundity [See Rotundity].
CIRCLE, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet; ringlet; eye, loop, wheel; cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band; contrate -, crown- wheel; hub, nave; sash, girdle, cestus, cest or ceste, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland; crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar; noose, lasso.
ELLIPSE, oval, ovule; ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle.
semicircle; quadrant, sextant, sector.
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| VERB: | MAKE ROUND &c. adj.; round.
GO ROUND; encircle [See Circumjacence]; describe a circle [See Circuition].
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| ADJECTIVE: | ROUND, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, orbiculate or orbiculated; oval, ovate, obovate, ovoid, ovoidal [rare], elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped; pear-shaped [See Curvature]; cycloidal &c. n.; spherical [See Rotundity]; fasciate or fasciated.
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| QUOTATION: | I watched the little circles die.—Tennyson |
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