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circularly

circularly

1 4.8
Moving or placed in a circle
  • adverb
  • /ˈsɜr.kjə.lər.li/
translation icon : circularmente
  • He traced the path circularly on the map to show how the river loops back.
  • circularly polarized
  • circularly polarized light
  • circularly polarized photon

OK, first of all, what do we mean by circularly polarized wave?

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Examples

  • For example, a circularly polarized photon will either excite the QD or not, depending on whether the electron is spinning up or down.

    Academic text (2002)

  • For that reason, sovereignty may be circularly defined, since states themselves define their world.

    Academic text (1995)

  • This can go on a bit circularly, but it backs them into a corner.

    Blog text (30)

  • We're taking that function of time and circularly shifting it by half the array.

  • And so we thought about this and that's kind of how we circularly came around to thinking.

    Andrew Huberman

  • Parker, looking at her incredulously, moves his index finger circularly, as in 'get on with it' already.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • OK, what happens if I send a circularly polarized photon through a Theta polarizer?

  • The most disappointing thing about RealD 3D and other 3D movie glasses that work with circularly polarized light is that they have no visible effect on a laser beam.

    Blog text (30)

  • The dancers moved circularly around the stage, creating a mesmerizing pattern.

  • The children ran circularly in the playground, laughing and chasing each other.

Synonyms

around
vscircularly
∞ 1.0

Moving in a circle to surround something

is specific to round shapes or moving in a round path
in a circle
vscircularly
44 1.0

People or things placed so they form a round shape

involves movement or manner in a round path rather than just arrangement
circumferentially
vscircularly
1 8.6

Around the outside of something in a circle

is any round shape or motion, not only along the outer edge

Antonyms

straight
∞ 1.0

In a direct line without turning

How Circular

in a circle
44 1.0
circularly
1 4.8
straight
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

circularly positive

Morphology

circularly = circular (transparent) = circular + ly

Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'circular' using '-ly'; meaning 'in a circular manner' is directly derived.

Etymology

Circularly comes from the word circle and the ending -ly, and circle comes from the Latin circulus meaning 'ring'. So, circularly means 'in a ring' or 'in a round way', which is why fog, water, or dancers can move circularly around a point.