noncircular
- adjective
- /nɒnˈsɜːrkjələr/
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no circular
- MAP: FIGURE 1: Noncircular Wellhead Protection Areas (Numerical Model) for the City of Sumas, Washington.
- noncircular area
Examples
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When Area 1 was added to Area 2, the result was the total noncircular TOT area.
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In the one-year overlay, only 20 percent of the noncircular areas were not captured by the CFR method, while 42 percent were not captured in the 10-year overlay.
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With hindsight, however, the velocities measured from the radio waves fit the appropriate noncircular orbits of a bar model very well.
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Most are eccentric (noncircular), inclined, and sharp-edged.
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The overlays showed that as distance from the well decreased, the areas captured by the CFRs became more similar to those captured by the noncircular (more complex) methods.
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The one-year CFR had a 57 percent overcapture area outside the noncircular area, while the 10-year overcapture was very high, at 75 percent.
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MAP: FIGURE 4: Noncircular Wellhead Protection Areas (Numerical Model) for the City of Blaine, Overlaid with CFR Areas
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A process called unioning was utilized to separate CFR and noncircular TOT areas (areas derived by analytical or more complex methods), one area at a time (Figure 2).
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The planet orbits the sun in a noncircular path, which affects its seasons.
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Astronomers study the effects of gravity on objects moving in noncircular trajectories.
Synonyms
Not forming a cycle or returning to its original state
Not forming a ring or closed loop, often describing molecules with open chains
Not happening in regular cycles
Antonyms
How Circular
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word noncircular is made of non- 'not' and circular 'like a circle', so it means 'not round' or 'not making a cycle', which fits shapes, paths, or workflows that do not loop back.