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окружность — meaning in English

okruzhnost

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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.
  • 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

окружность 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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