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
- noun A perfectly round, flat shape where every point on the edge is the same distance from the centre.
- noun A group of people connected by friendship, interest, or social standing.
- verb To move in a curved path around something, or to draw a ring around it.
circuit — full definition
- noun A closed path that electric current can flow around, usually containing components like wires, switches, and resistors.
- noun A regular route or series of venues that someone travels for work, sport, or performance.
- verb To travel all the way around something.