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 line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.-an instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle.-a round body; a sphere; an orb.-compass; circuit; inclosure.-a company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set.-a circular group of persons; a ring.-a series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.-a form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.-indirect form of words; circumlocution.-a territorial division or district.-to move around; to revolve around.-to encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.-to move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.