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Circular DNA(medicine)
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circular(dictionary)
circular sinus(medicine)
Specie Circular(encyclopedia)
Circular File(money)
Offering Circular(money)
Information circular(finance)
Offering circular(finance)

circular (iou)



circular adjective & noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman circuler, Old French circulier (mod. -aire), learned alt. of cerclier from late Latin circularis, from Latin circulus CIRCLE noun: see -AR1.]
A. adjective.
Having the form of a circle. LME.
circular saw a toothed disc rotated by machinery for sawing.
Moving in or passing over a circle; taking place along a circle; describing a circle. LME.
: circular tour: bringing the traveller back to the starting-place.
(Of an argument) involving a vicious circle of reasoning; having the characteristics of a vicious circle. LME.
Of or pertaining to the circle as a mathematical figure. L16.
Perfect, full, complete. E-M17.
Circuitous, indirect. E17.
Moving or occurring in a cycle of repetition. M17.
Addressed to a circle of people, customers, etc. M17.
circular letter, circular note, etc.
b. noun.
A circular figure or space. rare. M16-E19.
A letter, notice, advertisement, etc., of which many copies are made for distribution. L18.
circularly adverb in a circular manner;
circularly polarized, (of light) having a uniformly rotating plane of polarization: LME.
circularness noun (rare) L16.
circulary adjective = CIRCULAR adjective L16-M18.