Circle and Roundel

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Circle noun - Something with a perfectly round circumference.

Usage example: a circle of columns surrounds the memorial to the fallen heroes

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

Nearby Words: circular, circled, circlet, circling

Roundel noun - Something with a perfectly round circumference.

Usage example: the windows in the colonial-era statehouse are roundels

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Circle and roundel are semantically related. You can use "Circle" instead a noun "Roundel".

Nearby Word: round

Note that until partway into WWII, the roundel used by American planes was a blue circle with a white star and a red circle centered in the star.

Source: Highly Conspicuous Uniform
Guess why American warplanes no longer have a red circle in their roundel?

Source: Highly Conspicuous Uniform
Hard experience, of trigger-happy American gunners who had never seen British aircraft before, suggested that it would be a really good idea for British aircraft to lose the red circle in the middle of the roundel.

Source: Highly Conspicuous Uniform

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