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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | orb, loop, round figure |
| Synonyms: | amphitheater, aureole, band, belt, bowl, bracelet, circlet, circuit, circumference, circus, cirque, coil, colure, compass, cordon, corona, crown, cycle, disc, disk, ecliptic, enclosure, equator, full turn, globe, halo, hoop, horizon, lap, meridian, orbit, parallel of latitude, perimeter, periphery, record, revolution, ring, ringlet, round, sphere, stadium, tire, turn, vortex, wheel, wreath, zodiac |
| Main Entry: | celestial equator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imaginary equator in the sky |
| Synonyms: | equator, equinoctial, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line |
| Main Entry: | tropics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | torrid zone |
| Synonyms: | equator, jungle, tropical zone |
| Main Entry: | gyre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circle |
| Synonyms: | aureole, band, belt, bowl, bracelet, circlet, circuit, circumference, circus, cirque, coil, colure, compass, cordon, corona, crown*, cycle, disc, disk, ecliptic, enclosure, equator, full turn, globe, halo, hoop, horizon, lap, meridian, orbit, parallel of |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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annular, bead-like, bell-shaped, belted, bulbiform, bulbous, campaniform, campaniliform, campanulate, circinate, circular, circumrotatory, columnar, conic, conical, coniform, cycloidal, cyclostomate, cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid, egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, full-orbed, fungiform, gibbous, gimmal, globated, globose, globous, globular, guttiform, gyratory, knobbed, lobed, lumbriciform, molendinaceous, moniliform, obconic, obrotund, ooid, orbicular, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, ovopyriform, pear-shaped, penannular, peristrephic, pyriform, ringed, rotary, rotating, rotatory, rotund, round, rounded, spherical, spheroidal, stobic, strobic, strombuliform, trochiform, trochilic, vertiginous, vortical, vorticose
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