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  • 61circle — 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,… …

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  • 62circle of latitude — 1. : a great circle perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic 2. : a meridian of the terrestrial sphere along which latitude is measured; sometimes : parallel of latitude * * * circle of latitude, 1. Astronomy. a great circle perpendicular to… …

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  • 63circle of declination — Astron. See hour circle. [1585 95] * * * circle of declination, Astronomy. a great circle of the sphere, the plane of which is perpendicular to the equator …

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  • 64circle — 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… …

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  • 65Great ellipse — A great ellipse is an ellipse passing through two points on a spheroid and having the same center as that of the spheroid. Equivalently, it is an ellipse on the surface of a cylinder centered at the origin.Wikipedia links*Great circleExternal… …

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  • 66circle of latitude — i. A great circle of the celestial sphere through the ecliptic poles and, hence, perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic. ii. A meridian along which latitude is measured …

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  • 67Circle Ten Council — Circle 10 Council Owner …

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  • 68Circle line (London Underground) — Circle Colour on map Yellow Year opened 1884 Line type Sub Surface Rolling stock C Stock 6 carriages per trainset …

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  • 69Circle Bakote — is a cluster of Union Councils in the eastern part of Abbottabad District in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Circle Bakote is located on the upper and west bank of the Jhelum River at Kohalla Bridge. The region is somewhere between… …

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  • 70Circle Line — Linienfarbe: Gelb Eröffnungsjahr: 1884 (1949) Linientyp: Unterpflasterbahn Stationen: 35 Länge: 27 km D …

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