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Definition of Circular
1. Adjective. Having a circular shape.
Similar to: Apple-shaped, Ball-shaped, Global, Globose, Globular, Orbicular, Spheric, Spherical, Barrel-shaped, Bulb-shaped, Bulblike, Bulbous, Capitate, Coccoid, Cumuliform, Disc-shaped, Disclike, Discoid, Discoidal, Disk-shaped, Disklike, Goblet-shaped, Moon-round, Moonlike, Nutlike, Pancake-like, Pear-shaped, Pinwheel-shaped, Ringlike, Roundish, Wheel-like
Also: Rounded
Derivative terms: Circle, Circularity, Circularize, Roundness
Antonyms: Square
2. Noun. An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution. "He mailed the circular to all subscribers"
Generic synonyms: Ad, Advert, Advertisement, Advertising, Advertizement, Advertizing
Specialized synonyms: Stuffer
Derivative terms: Circularise, Circularise, Circularise, Circularize, Circularize, Circulate
3. Adjective. Describing a circle; moving in a circle. "The circular motion of the wheel"
Definition of Circular
1. a. In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.
2. n. A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular.
Definition of Circular
1. Adjective. Of or relating to a circle ¹
2. Adjective. in the shape of, or moving in a circle ¹
3. Adjective. circuitous or roundabout ¹
4. Adjective. defining one word in terms of another that is itself defined in terms of the first word ¹
5. Adjective. distributed to a large number of persons ¹
6. Noun. A printed advertisement, directive, or notice intended for mass distribution; a flyer ¹
7. Noun. In the Administration, a circular letter ¹
8. Noun. (dated) A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Circular
1. a leaflet intended for wide distribution [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circular
Literary usage of Circular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1913)
"circular No. 9, "What it costs to Produce Milk in New England," 2000 copies.
circular No. 11," Some Bacteriological Aspects of Clean Milk Inspection," 2500 ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1842)
"Ibid, from Casper's Wochenschrift, Oct. 2, 1841. 31. Secondary hemorrhage after
amputations—comparative advantages of circular ..."
3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Labor, United States Office of Education (1908)
"(Official circular no. 0.) 27. *The state and education and systems of ...
circular respecting academies and other institutions of 1- secondary education. ..."
4. Index of Economic Material in the Documents of the States of the United by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Dept. of Economics and Sociology (1912)
"circular sent to health officers and local bds. of health rel. to repte, ...
circular letter to observers of Ohio meteorological bureau requesting ..."
5. A Digest of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Cheques, and by Mackenzie Dalzell Edwin Stewart Chalmers (1896)
"circular notes. Debentures. circular notes are negotiable instruments. In a case
in 1867, where the law and practice respecting them was fully discussed, ..."
6. Projective Geometry by Oswald Veblen, John Wesley Young (1918)
"From tliis definition it is obvious that a direct circular transformation ...
Hence we have THEOREM 24 A direct circular transformation carries non-neutral ..."
7. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"Arranging a perforated firepot with a grate bottom within a circular stove having
... It is true that the device of Russell is not placed in a circular, ..."
8. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1904)
"1792] The circular for the Departments the contrary, to extend it to the Provinces,
... The fact that the circular went out in the official covers of the ..."
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