Associations to the word «Carlyle»

Wiktionary

CARLYLE, proper noun. A surname​ derived from Carlisle; the most famous to bear it was Thomas Carlyle.
CARLYLE, proper noun. A male given name transferred from the surname.
CARLYLE, proper noun. Any of a number of places in the US named for people with the surname.
CARLYLE CIRCLE, noun. (math) A certain circle in a coordinate plane associated with a quadratic equation, having the property that the solutions of the equation are the horizontal coordinates of the intersections of the circle with the horizontal axis.
CARLYLE CIRCLES, noun. Plural of Carlyle circle

Dictionary definition

CARLYLE, noun. Scottish historian who wrote about the French Revolution (1795-1881).

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley