"small circle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: small circles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} small circle (plural small circles)
  1. a circle formed by a plane that cuts a sphere not through its centre Wikipedia link: small circle Categories (topical): Circle, Curves Related terms: great circle Translations (circle formed by a plane that cuts a sphere not through its centre): circulus minor [masculine] (Latin), småcirkel [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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