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circularity|ˌsɜːkjʊˈlærɪtɪ|
[f. L. type circulāritas f. circulār-is: cf. Pr. circularitat, F. circularité, and see -ity.]
a. Circular quality, form, or position.
1582Batman On Barthol. iii. xviii. 19 By circularitie of the limme. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. xxi. 268 Fetching under lines incomprehensible circularity. 1775Johnson West. Isl. Wks. X. 349 A hut is constructed with loose stones, ranged for the most part with some tendency to circularity. 1853G. Johnston Nat. Hist. E. Bord. I. 2 From the circularity and elevation of the boundary, the district..has the appearance of a basin.
†b. quasi-concr. That which is circular; a circular series or arrangement. Obs.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. v. 191 The heavens..[have] no diversitie or difference, but a simplicity of parts, and equiformity in motion continually succeeding each other; so that, from what point soever we compute, the account will be common unto the whole circularity.
c. ? Circular argument or reasoning.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God xii. xvii. (1620) 435 But by Gods grace reason will lay those circularities flat inough. 1958Oxf. Mag. 1 May 408 b/1 An argument in favour of the validity of memory..it..fails to carry conviction..it smells strongly of circularity. 1963J. Lyons Struct. Semantics vii. 181 There is no circularity involved in the statement of the problem or in its proposed solution. |