Circle and Formation

Circle

Circle noun - Something with a perfectly round circumference.

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Formation and circle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Circle".

Nearby Words: circular, circled, circlet, circling

Formation noun - The way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized.

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Circle and formation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Circle" instead a noun "Formation".

Nearby Words: form, formed, forming, format, formative

close	close circle	close formation
good	good circle	good formation
special	special circle	special formation
similar	similar circle	similar formation
Other adjectives: perfect, square, tight, certain, standard, original, single, entire, massive, large, new, strange, last, different, giant, defensive.

Also (possibly due to Small Reference Pools) the only alternate formation they ever use is testudonote historically testudo was used against missiles, and while the Romans did have a defence formation, orbem formate, it was more of a circle.

Source: Series / Spartacus: Blood and Sand
If the formation leader did a barrel roll the entire formation would be forced to preform a giant arching circle through space around that barrel roll.

Source: Everything's Better with Spinning
Fighters and bombers also slowly fly around in formation in a circle, as if they were orbiting something.

Source: Idle Animation

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