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Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation..

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

Rope :: Rope (n.) A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage..

Acropetal :: Acropetal (a.) Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence..

Noria :: Noria (n.) A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel..

Brush Wheel :: Brush wheel () A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference..

Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel..

Zoetrope :: Zoetrope (n.) An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved..

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

Tore :: Tore (n.) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.

Circle :: Circle (n.) The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.

Semi Circumference :: Semi circumference (n.) Half of a circumference.

Round :: Round (adv.) In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round..

Compass :: Compass (n.) An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall..

Cablet :: Cablet (n.) A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.

Semicircle :: Semicircle (n.) A semicircumference.

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

Isoperimetrical :: Isoperimetrical (a.) Having equal perimeters of circumferences; as, isoperimetrical figures or bodies..

Circuit :: Circuit (n.) The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area..

Equant :: Equant (n.) A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; -- called also eccentric equator.

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