periphery of a circle
1Circle (country subdivision) — Circle is a type of administrative division of some countries. In Thailand the former monthon are translated as circle. In German it is called Kreis; the former Holy Roman Empire was organized into Imperial Circles. Algerian daïras are circles.… …
2circle — [n1] orb, loop, round figure 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 …
3Periphery — Pe*riph er*y, n.; pl. {Peripheries}. [L. peripheria, Gr. ?; ? around + fe rein to bear, carry: cf. F. p[ e]riph[ e]rie.] 1. The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) The circumference of a circle,… …
4circle — Synonyms and related words: O, acquaintance, advance, alentours, alternate, ambience, ambit, anklet, annular muscle, annulus, anthelion, antisun, aphelion, apogee, arc, arena, areola, armlet, arsis, ascend, associates, astronomical longitude,… …
5circle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. encircle, ring, girdle; circumnavigate; circumscribe, compass. n. circumference; circuit; ring, circlet; disk; set, clique. See party, circularity, circumscription. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A round… …
6periphery — noun (plural eries) Etymology: Middle French peripherie, from Late Latin peripheria, from Greek periphereia, from peripherein to carry around, from peri + pherein to carry more at bear Date: 1571 1. the perimeter of a circle or other closed… …
7periphery — Synonyms and related words: alentours, ambience, ambit, border, borderlands, bound, boundaries, boundary, bounds, bourns, brim, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumference, circumjacencies, circumscription, circumstances, compass, confines,… …
8circle — n. 1. Round, plane figure. 2. Circumference, periphery, ring. 3. Orb, sphere, globe, ball. 4. Returning series. 5. Compass, enclosure. 6. Company, society, class, fraternity, coterie, clique, set. 7. Range, sphere, province, field, compass,… …
9circle — n 1. disk, round, roundlet, roundel, wheel; ring, band, hoop, cordon, annulus; crown, coronet, diadem, halo, corona, aureole, wreath, garland; belt, Archaic. cincture, girth, cestus, baldric, cummerbund, sash; collar, necklace, neckband, fillet;… …
10Scott Circle — is a traffic circle in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., at the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue, and 16th Street, N.W. N Street stops short of meeting the circle from either direction, and is connected to Rhode… …