circler
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a word derived from
circle.
circlenouna closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
Example Sentences
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As did Jules Verne's legendary globe circler, Phileas Fogg, 98 years ago, U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The great beasts and the little halted sharp, Eyed the grand circler, doubting his intent.
From Gloucester Moors and Other Poems by William Vaughn Moody
Finn's folks had two—a asthma circler and a letter from that son they thought was drownded.
From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien