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A circle; anything circular. His ponderous shield . . . Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon. Milton.

Half of a circumference.

Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.

A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other.

ss Yonge. Attached column (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so that only a part of its circumference projects from it.

ge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

eel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel.

a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference.

A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.

equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place.

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.

The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area. The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles. J. Stow.

-for rarities that may take A virgin captive. Massinger. Circular are, any portion of the circumference of a circle. -- Circular cubics (Math.), curves of the third order which are imagined to pass through the two circular points at infinity. -- Circular functions. (Math.) See under Function. -- Circular instruments…

Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous. Parkhurst.

An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.

resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel.

A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds.

Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural, measure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and thickness; extent; size; as, the dimensions of a room, or of a ship; the dimensions of a farm, of a kingdom. Gentlemen of more t…

ifference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.

A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center. The schoolmen were like a…