Noun

(en noun)

A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.

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(group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.

(geometry, archaic) An effective divisor on a curve.

A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.

(astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.

(chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.

(chemistry) A functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule, such as the methyl group.

(sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.

(military) An air force formation.

(geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.

(computing) A number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.

An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.

(music) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.

(sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while at the same time not playing teams that belong to other sets in the division.

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Noun

(en noun)

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth around the sun.

The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.

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That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.

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The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.

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(electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.

A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.

(legal) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.

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(Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.

By analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.

(obsolete) circumlocution

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Thou hast used no circuit of words.