circulus
[ sur-kyuh-luhs ]
noun,plural cir·cu·li [-lahy]. /-ˌlaɪ/.
any of the concentric circles on each scale of a fish, each of which indicates the annual growth of that scale.
Origin of circulus
1<Latin: circle
Words Nearby circulus
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How to use circulus in a sentence
Who knows whether this vital circulus of the marine animality is not the starting point of all physical circulus?
The Sea | Jules MicheletOtherwise the definition is called a circulus in definiendo.
The Art of Logical Thinking | William Walker AtkinsonOtherwise the definition is called a circulus in definiendo (defining in a circle).
Thought-Culture | William Walker AtkinsonThe entire activity of justice is a circulus vitiosus, a faulty short conclusion.
The Future Belongs to the People | Karl LiebknechtHe purposely makes us tread the round of the circulus vitiosus, as in the old saw: A Cretan said, all Cretans are liars.
Erasmus and the Age of Reformation | Johan Huizinga
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