circularity

Roget category 247

2. Words relating to space
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#247. [Simple circularity.] Circularity

noun

circularity, roundness — rotundity etc. 249.
circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet^†, annulus, annulet^†, bracelet, armlet — ringlet — eye, loop, wheel — cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band — contrate wheel^†, crown wheel — hub — nave — sash, girdle, cestus^†, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland — crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar — noose, lasso, lassoo^†.
ellipse, oval, ovule — ellipsoid, cycloid — epicycloid [Geom.], epicycle — semicircle — quadrant, sextant, sector.
sphere etc. 249.

verb

make round etc. adj. — round.
go round — encircle etc. 227 — describe a circle etc. 311.

adjective

round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular — oval, ovate — elliptic, elliptical — egg-shaped — pear-shaped etc. 245 — cycloidal etc. n.^† — spherical etc. 249.

phrase

I watched the little circles die" [Tennyson].

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