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adjective
- of, or relating to a cadastre
pronoun ( infl, en, pronoun)
- (context, obsolete, dialectal) I.
noun
- A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
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He wore a gold around the neck.
- A series of interconnected things.
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This led to an unfortunate of events.
- A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
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That of restaurants is expanding into our town.
- A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
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When examined, the molecular included oxygen and hydrogen.
- (surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
- (surveying) A long measuring tape.
- A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a commonly used surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 17.85 metres. Equal to 4 rods.
verb
- (transitive) To fasten something with a chain
- (intransitive) To link multiple items together
- (transitive) To secure someone with fetters
- (transitive) To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain
- (computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers; to be chained to another data item
- (transitive) To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying
noun
- (geometry): A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from another point.
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The set of all points (x, y) such that <math>(x-1)^2 + y^2 = r^2 </math> is a of radius r around the point (1, 0).
- A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance from another point.
- Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
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Put on your dunce-cap and sit down on that .
- A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
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move in a
- Orbit.
- A specific group of persons.
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inner
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of friends
- (cricket) 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.
verb ( circl, ing)
- (transitive) To travel around along a curved path.
- (transitive) To surround.
- (transitive) To place or mark a circle around.
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Circle the jobs that you are interested in applying for.
- (intransitive) To travel in circles.
- Vultures circled overhead.
noun
- An instrument used in surveying to measure horizontal angles, consisting of a brass circle and an index, all of one piece.
noun
- an event or occurence that signifies an ending
- a feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period
- (computing): an abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound variable, bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope
- (mathematics): the smallest object that both includes the object as a subset and possesses some given property
noun
- A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis
- (statistics) A sample meant to be representative of a whole population
- (physics) The probability that a particular nuclear reaction will take place.
( trans-top, section formed by a plane cutting through an object)
- Finnish: poikkileikkaus
- Spanish: sección transversal
(trans-bottom) (trans-top, representative sample)
- Finnish: lí¤pileikkaus
(trans-bottom) (trans-top, probability of a particular nuclear reaction)
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