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Roundel :: Roundel (a.) A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries..

Quadric :: Quadric (n.) A surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are quadrics..

Ray :: Ray (n.) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius..

Eyehole :: Eyehole (n.) A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet..

Arcograph :: Arcograph (n.) An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point; a cyclograph.

Vesicle :: Vesicle (n.) A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid..

Plinth :: Plinth (n.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column..

Ring :: Ring (n.) A circular group of persons.

Encyclical :: Encyclical (a.) Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope..

Velum :: Velum (n.) The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medusae.

Cirque :: Cirque (n.) A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height..

Crank :: Crank (n.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank..

Twirl :: Twirl (n.) The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.

Lunulite :: Lunulite (n.) Any bryozoan of the genus Lunulites, having a more or less circular form..

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging..

Annulation :: Annulation (n.) A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt.

Kinetogenesis :: Kinetogenesis (n.) An instrument for producing curves by the combination of circular movements; -- called also kinescope.

Drum :: Drum (n.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome..

Roundel :: Roundel (a.) A circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small circle.

Circumference :: Circumference (n.) The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.

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