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Circular vs Regulation - What's the difference?

circular | regulation |

As nouns the difference between circular and regulation

is that circular is a printed advertisement, directive, or notice intended for mass distribution; a flyer while regulation is regulation.

As an adjective circular

is of or relating to a circle.

circular

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to a circle.
  • In the shape of, or moving in a circle.
  • * , chapter=5
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
  • Circuitous or roundabout.
  • Referring back to itself, so as to prevent computation or comprehension; infinitely recursive.
  • circular reasoning
    Your dictionary defines "brave" as "courageous", and "courageous" as "brave". That's a circular definition.
    a circular formula in a spreadsheet
  • Distributed to a large number of persons.
  • * Hallam
  • a proclamation of Henry III., doubtless circular throughout England
  • (obsolete) Perfect; complete.
  • * Massinger
  • A man so absolute and circular / In all those wished-for rarities that may take / A virgin captive.
  • (archaic) Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior.
  • * Dennis
  • Had Virgil been a circular poet, and closely adhered to history, how could the Romans have had Dido?

    Derived terms

    * circular file * circularity * circular saw

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A printed advertisement, directive, or notice intended for mass distribution; a flyer
  • In administration, a circular letter
  • (dated) A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.
  • See also

    * advertisement * booklet * brochure * catalogue, catalog * flier, flyer * handbill, hand bill * junk mail * leaflet * pamphlet ----

    regulation

    Noun

  • (uncountable)   The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
  • (countable)   A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
  • , author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Money just makes the rich suffer , volume=188, issue=23, page=19 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […]  The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}
  • * Army regulations state a soldier AWOL over 30 days is a deserter.
  • (European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
  • (lb) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
  • (lb) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.
  • Adjective

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  • In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.
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