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ympyrä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • circle noun A perfectly round, flat shape where every point on the edge is the same distance from the centre.
  • circular adj Shaped like or relating to a circle.
  • disk noun A flat, round, thin object.
  • round adjective Shaped like a circle or sphere, with no sharp corners.
  • roundel noun Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.

Senses

ympyrä is used for these senses in English:

  • circle A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.
  • circle (astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.
  • circular Of or relating to a circle.
  • disk (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric region, the set of points bounded by a circle.
  • kroužek A ring-shaped diacritical mark (˚), whose use is largely restricted to Å, å and Ů, ů, and whereon it represents an etymological ‘o’.
  • round A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
  • roundel (heraldiccharge) A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.

circle — full definition

  1. noun A perfectly round, flat shape where every point on the edge is the same distance from the centre.
  2. noun A group of people connected by friendship, interest, or social standing.
  3. verb To move in a curved path around something, or to draw a ring around it.

circular — full definition

  1. adj Shaped like or relating to a circle.
  2. adj Describing an argument that assumes what it is trying to prove, so it never actually reaches a conclusion.
  3. noun A printed notice or advertisement sent to a large number of people.

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