English

Etymology

Latin 'circulus.

Noun

1. Mathematics In the Euclidian plane a set of all points equally distant to some point.

   Example: The set of all points (x, y) such that Failed to parse (PNG conversion failed; check for correct installation of latex, dvips, gs, and convert): (x-1)^2 + y^2 = r^2

describes the circle of radius r around the point (1, 0).

1. orbit.
2. a curve (for instance where forming a whole circle may be impractical.
3. a specific group of persons (e.g. inner circle )
4. a line comprising two semicircles of 30 yds radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field restrictions in a one-day match .

Translations

• Breton: kelc'h m -ioù pl (1,2)
• Chinese: 圓
• Czech: kolo n, kruh m
• Danish: cirkel
• Dutch: cirkel m
• Finnish: ympyrä (1), rata (2), kaari (3), piiri (4)
• French: cercle m
• German: Kreis m (1,2,4), Zirkel m (4)
• Greek: kyklo
• Hebrew: עגול /igul'/
• Indonesian: lingkaran , bundaran
• Interlingua: circulo
• Italian: circolo m
• Japanese: 円 (えん, en), 丸 (まる , maru)
• Latin: circulus , circulum
• Portuguese: círculo m
• Polish: okrąg m, krąg m
• Romanian: cerc n
• Russian: круг m (1), окружность f (2)
• Spanish: círculo m

Verb

to circle

1. To travel around something, usually in a circular, or elliptical path.
2. To be around something.
3. To place a circle round something, which could be a hoop or a drawn circle.

Translations

• Breton: kelc'hiañ , gronnañ
• Czech: kroužit
• Danish: omkredse
• Dutch: cirkelen
• Finnish: [kiertää]] (1), ympäröidä (2, 3), ympyröidä (3, draw a circle)
• French: cercler (1); entourer (2)
• German: umkreisen (1,2), einkreisen (2,3)
• Indonesian: mengelilingi , mengitari
• Interlingua: circular
• Irish: ciorcal
• Italian: circondare (2)
• Japanese: 回る (まわる , mawaru), 周回 する (しゅうかい する, shūkai-suru)
• Portuguese: circular
• Polish: krążyć
• Romanian: încercui
• Russian: кружить (1), окружать (2)