What does circular mean?

Definitions for circular
ˈsɜr kyə lərcir·cu·lar

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwawayadjective

    an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution

    "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"

  2. round, circularadjective

    having a circular shape

  3. circular, rotary, orbitualadjective

    describing a circle; moving in a circle

    "the circular motion of the wheel"

Wiktionary

  1. circularnoun

    A printed advertisement, directive, or notice intended for mass distribution; a flyer

  2. circularnoun

    In the Administration, a circular letter

  3. circularnoun

    A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.

  4. circularadjective

    Of or relating to a circle

  5. circularadjective

    in the shape of, or moving in a circle

  6. circularadjective

    circuitous or roundabout

  7. circularadjective

    defining one word in terms of another that is itself defined in terms of the first word

  8. circularadjective

    distributed to a large number of persons

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Circularadjective

    Etymology: circularis, Latin.

    The frame thereof seem’d partly circular,
    And part triangular. Fairy Queen, b. ii.

    He first inclos’d for lists a level ground;
    The form was circular. John Dryden, Fables.

    Nero’s port, composed of huge moles running round it, in a kind of circular figure. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.

    From whence th’ innumerable race of things,
    By circular successive order springs. Wentworth Dillon.

    Had Virgil been a circular poet, and closely adhered to history, how could the Romans have had Dido? John Dennis.

ChatGPT

  1. circular

    Circular refers to anything that has the shape of a circle, a round two-dimensional geometric shape. It can also refer to something that moves or happens in a cycle or a way that regularly repeats, or to an argument that is cyclic or repetitive due to lack of evidence or reasoning. In written communication, a circular is a formal letter or advertisement that is sent to a large number of people at the same time.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Circularadjective

    in the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round

  2. Circularadjective

    repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the point of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular reasoning

  3. Circularadjective

    adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic

  4. Circularadjective

    addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation; as, a circular letter

  5. Circularadjective

    perfect; complete

  6. Circularadjective

    a circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular

  7. Circularadjective

    a sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form

  8. Etymology: [L. circularis, fr. circulus circle: cf. F. circulaire. See Circle.]

Wikidata

  1. Circular

    Circular is the second studio album by Spanish singer Vega, released on February 27, 2006 by Universal Music Spain.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Circular

    sėr′kū-lar, adj. round: ending in itself: addressed to a circle of persons.—n. a note sent round to a circle or number of persons.—n. Circular′ity.—adv. Cir′cularly.—Circular notes, bank-notes issued for the convenience of travellers, being a kind of bill personal to the bearer, who is given also a corresponding 'letter of indication' addressed to foreign bankers.

Entomology

  1. Circular

    round like a circle.

British National Corpus

  1. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'circular' in Adjectives Frequency: #877

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of circular in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of circular in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of circular in a Sentence

  1. Barack Obama:

    One of the things I do worry about sometimes among progressives in the United States is a certain kind of rigidity where we say, Uh, Im sorry, this is how its going to be, and then we start sometimes creating whats called a circular firing squad, where you start shooting at your allies because one of them has strayed from purity on the issues.

  2. Joshua Nowlan:

    I assumed it had to be the shooter, from his stance ... He was walking around, and I can see him pointing the gun in a circular motion that looked like he was searching for more people ... I was terribly scared, my thought process was that he was searching for other people and that he was going to start going row by row, and that anybody he would see in that row who was still moving, he would shoot.

  3. Anna Gedda:

    It comes back to the whole circular vision ... it just makes great sense to look into this business, we see this as a growing part of the industry, with great opportunities both for consumers and not least for the environmental impact, and how we can drastically reduce that by extending the life of the products.

  4. Bruno Morgado:

    When we put everything together, we saw drops in brightness that were not caused by Quaoar, but that pointed to the presence of material in a circular orbit around it. The moment we saw that we said, ‘Okay, we are seeing a ring around Quaoar,’.

  5. Hugh Hewitt:

    I do worry about a conservative circular firing squad. All that does is play into the hands of the left, and give them the election victory by default that they're looking for.

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