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CIRCULAR NUMBERS

Volume 2 · 61 words · 1771 Edition

called also spherical ones, according to some, are such whose powers terminate in the roots themselves.

Thus, for instance, 5 and 6, all whose powers do end in 5 and 6, as the square of 5 is 25, the square of 6 is 36, &c.

CIRCULAR SAILING is the method of sailing by the arch of a great circle. See NAVIGATION.