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Sectoral :: Sectoral (a.) Of or pertaining to a sector; as, a sectoral circle..

Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast..

Hypocycloid :: Hypocycloid (n.) A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the concave side in the fixed circle. Cf. Epicycloid, and Trochoid..

Circumcenter :: Circumcenter (n.) The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle.

Rondure :: Rondure (n.) A round; a circle.

Coincidence :: Coincidence (n.) The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc..

Annulet :: Annulet (n.) A little circle borne as a charge.

Ellipsoid :: Ellipsoid (n.) A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a)..

Supplemented :: Supplement (v. t.) The number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, make it 180�; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle..

Compasses :: Compasses (n.) An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move..

Epicycle :: Epicycle (n.) A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally..

Periphery :: Periphery (n.) The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure..

Roundlet :: Roundlet (n.) A little circle.

Sextant :: Sextant (n.) An instrument for measuring angular distances between objects, -- used esp. at sea, for ascertaining the latitude and longitude. It is constructed on the same optical principle as Hadley's quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle. See Quadrant..

Corona :: Corona (n.) A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon..

Scalloped :: Scalloped (a.) Having the edge or border cut or marked with segments of circles. See Scallop, n., 2..

Eddy :: Eddy (v. i.) To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle..

Degree :: Degree (n.) 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..

Herrnhuter :: Herrnhuter (n.) One of the Moravians; -- so called from the settlement of Herrnhut (the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen..

Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90�, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6..

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