circ
noun
circ
1 American
[surk]
/ sɜrk /
noun
circ.
2
American
abbreviation
circ.
3
American
abbreviation
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circuit.
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circular.
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circulation.
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circumference.
Etymology
Origin of circ.
From the Latin word circā, circiter, circum
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In Germany an adaptation by Arthur Fitger was performed nineteen times by the "Meiningers," circ.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
It belongs to the later Weimar period, i.e. circ.
From Johann Sebastian Bach by Johann Nikolaus Forkel
Speaking of the way in which St. Odo yielded his consent to the Abp. of Canterbury, circ.
From Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
He was of Syrian extraction, but born at Nola, and ordained priest circ.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
The Bachs were settled in Wechmar as early as circ.
From Johann Sebastian Bach by Johann Nikolaus Forkel
Again, the woman of circ. 1449-1452 is not a younger sister of Jeanne, who in 1429 had no sister living, though one, Catherine, whom she dearly loved, was dead.
From The Valet's tragedy, and other studies by Andrew Lang
The Histories of Tacitus were published circ. 106-107; cf.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
The date of St. Cecilia is very uncertain; Fortunatus, Bishop of Poitiers, says that she died circ. 176-180 a.d., but another account places her martyrdom as late as the time of Diocletian.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
Music from J. Playford, 1650 circ., but may be older.
From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Edward W. (Edward Woodall) Naylor
Charles Martel of France, ‘The Hammer’ circ. 689-741 A.D.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
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