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- circularity/ˌsɜː.kjəˈlær.ə.ti/The quality of being shaped like or moving in a circle; the fact of a chain of reasoning or a process ending where it began, without establishing anything new.nounC1/C2
- circularize/ˈsɜː.kjə.lə.raɪz/To send information, typically a letter or document, to a large number of people.verbverb-transitiveC1/C2
- circulate/ˈsɜː.kjə.leɪt/to move continuously or freely through a closed system or area; to pass from place to place or person to person.verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveB2
- circulating capital/ˌsɜː.kjə.leɪ.tɪŋ ˈkæp.ɪ.təl/The portion of a company's capital that is constantly changing form—from cash to inventory to receivables and back to cash—as part of its daily operational cycle.nounC1/C2 (Advanced/Proficiency)
- circulating decimal/ˈsɜː.kjə.leɪ.tɪŋ ˈdes.ɪ.məl/A decimal fraction in which a digit or sequence of digits repeats infinitely.nounTechnical/Low
- circulating library/ˈsɜː.kjə.leɪ.tɪŋ ˈlaɪ.brər.i/A library from which books are loaned to subscribers for a fee; the historical precursor to the modern public library.nounLow
- circulating medium/ˈsɜː.kjə.leɪ.tɪŋ ˈmiː.di.əm/Any form of currency (such as coins, banknotes, or digital currency) that is used to facilitate the exchange of goods and services within an economy.nounC2
- circulation/ˌsɜː.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/The movement of something, such as blood or air, around a closed system, or the distribution of something, such as money or information, among a group of people.nounC1
- circulator/ˈsɜː.kjə.leɪ.tər/A person or thing that circulates something, or a device that moves fluid, air, or heat around a closed system.nounLow
- circulatory system/ˌsɜː.kjəˈleɪ.tər.i ˌsɪs.təm/The biological system in animals that transports blood, nutrients, gases, and hormones around the body, consisting primarily of the heart, blood vessels, and blood.nounB2
- circulus/ˈsɜː.kjʊ.ləs/A small circle, a circular band or ring.nounRare
- circumambulate/ˌsɜː.kəmˈæm.bjə.leɪt/to walk all the way around somethingverbverb-ambitransitiveC2
- circumbendibus/ˌsɜːkəmˈbendɪbəs/A roundabout route, process, or expression; an unnecessarily indirect or complicated way of doing or saying something.nounvery low
- circumcenter/ˈsɜː.kəmˌsen.tər/The point in a triangle that is equidistant from all three vertices, formed by the intersection of the perpendicular bisectors of the triangle's sides.nounVery Low
- circumcircle/ˈsɜː.kəmˌsɜː.kəl/The circle that passes through all the vertices of a given polygon or triangle.nounC2
- circumcise/ˈsɜːkəmsaɪz/To surgically remove the foreskin of the penis, often for religious, cultural, or medical reasons.verbverb-transitiveC1/C2 - Low frequency, specialized/formal register.
- circumcision/ˌsɜː.kəmˈsɪʒ.ən/The surgical procedure involving the removal of the foreskin from the penis.nounC1
- circumference/səˈkʌm.fər.əns/The distance around the outer edge of a circle or any closed curved shape.nounB2
- circumferentor/ˌsəːkəmˈfɛr(ə)ntə/A historical surveying instrument used for measuring horizontal angles and bearings.nounExtremely Rare / Obsolete Technical
- circumfix/ˈsɜː.kəm.fɪks/A type of affix in linguistics that consists of two parts, one attached to the beginning of a word stem and the other to its end, functioning as a single morphological unit.nounverb-transitiveC2
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