окру́жность — meaning in English

English meaning

• circle noun A perfectly round, flat shape where every point on the edge is the same distance from the centre.
• circuit noun A closed path that electric current can flow around, usually containing components like wires, switches, and resistors.
• circumference noun The distance all the way around the edge of a circle or round object.
• compass noun A device with a magnetic needle (or an electronic equivalent) that points to show direction, especially north.

Senses

окру́жность is used for these senses in English:

• 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.
• circuit The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
• circumference (geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
• compass (obsolete) A space within limits; an area.

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.

circuit — full definition

1. noun A closed path that electric current can flow around, usually containing components like wires, switches, and resistors.
2. noun A regular route or series of venues that someone travels for work, sport, or performance.
3. verb To travel all the way around something.

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