Definition of Circularity

1. Noun. The roundness of a 2-dimensional figure.

Exact synonyms: Disk Shape
Generic synonyms: Roundness
Specialized synonyms: Concentricity, Eccentricity
Derivative terms: Circular

Definition of Circularity

1. n. The quality or state of being circular; a circular form.

Definition of Circularity

1. Noun. The state of being circular. ¹

2. Noun. A circular object, form or argument. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Circularity

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Circularity

circular polarized light
circular reaction
circular saw
circular saws
circular sector
circular segment
circular sinus
circular sulcus of Reil
circular sulcus of insula
circularisation
circularise
circularised
circularises
circularising
circularities
circularity (current term)
circularization
circularizations
circularize
circularized
circularizes
circularizing
circularly
circularly polarized light
circularness
circularnesses
circulars
circulary
circulatable
circulate

Literary usage of Circularity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The evolution of circularity.—When two bodies in concentric elliptical orbits unite, their conjoined mass must move in an orbit that is intermediate between ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"The author illustrated his paper by a map of the coast-line and three cross sections of the shore. 3. An Instrument for Gauging the circularity of Boiler ..."

3. The Evolution of Worlds by Percival Lowell (1909)
"ON THE INDUCED circularity OF ORBITS THROUGH COLLISION Since the moment of momentum is the velocity into the perpendicular upon its direction, ..."

4. Veterinary medicine and surgery in diseases and injuries of the horse by F. O. Kirby, William Henry Kelly (1883)
"... Triangularity, Length, Slope, Loss of circularity in form of the jaw, etc., The Tusks, Collateral circumstances to be taken into consideration. ..."

5. Bible Teachings in Nature by Hugh Macmillan (1871)
"THE LAW OF circularity, OR RETROGRESSION AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF PROGRESS. " One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh ..."

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