lap circle circuit | movement once around a course, he drove an extra lap just for insurance |
back circle | a feat in which an acrobat arches the back from a prone position and bends the knees until the toes touch the head |
double leg circle | a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast (with legs together) swings his legs in a circle while alternating hands on the pommels |
grand circle | a gymnastic exercise performed on the horizontal bar by swinging around it with the body fully extended |
circle round | any circular or rotating mechanism, the machine punched out metal circles |
circle dress circle | a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house, usually the first tier above the orchestra, they had excellent seats in the dress circle |
inclinometer dip circle | a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane) |
parquet circle parterre | seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies) |
R- Mexican valium rophy rope roofy roach forget me drug circle | street names for flunitrazepan |
second balcony family circle upper balcony peanut gallery | rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats |
traffic circle circle rotary roundabout | a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island, the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary |
circle of curvature osculating circle | the circle that touches a curve (on the concave side) and whose radius is the radius of curvature |
circle of Willis | a ring of arteries at the base of the brain |
vicious circle | an argument that assumes that which is to be proved |
color circle color wheel | a chart in which complementary colors (or their names) are arranged on opposite sides of a circle |
set circle band lot | an unofficial association of people or groups, the smart set goes there, they were an angry lot |
clique coterie ingroup inner circle pack camp | an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose |
Antarctic Circle | a line of latitude north of the south pole |
polar circle | a line of latitude at the north or south poles |
Arctic Circle | a line of latitude near but to the south of the north pole, it marks the northernmost point at which the sun is visible on the northern winter solstice and the southernmost point at which the midnight sun can be seen on the northern summer solstice |
celestial equator equinoctial circle equinoctial line equinoctial | the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles |
great circle | a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center |
hour circle | a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles |
vertical circle | a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the zenith and perpendicular to the horizon |
winner's circle | a small area at a racecourse where awards are given to the owners of winning horses |
solar halo parhelic circle parhelic ring | a luminous halo parallel to the horizon at the altitude of the sun, caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere |
fairy ring fairy circle | a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium |
vicious circle vicious cycle | one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first |
circle a | ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length, a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point, he calculated the circumference of the circle |
circle | something approximating the shape of a circle, the chairs were arranged in a circle |
encircle circle c | form a circle around, encircle the errors |
circle | travel around something, circle the globe |
circle circulate | move in circles |
revolve around circle around circle round | move around in a circular motion, The Earth revolves around the Sun |