circumference
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin circumferentia, circum around; ferre carry
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
circumference (plural circumferences)
- (geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
- (geometry) The length of such a line
- (obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object
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Translations [edit]
line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
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length of such line
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Verb [edit]
circumference (third-person singular simple present circumferences, present participle circumferencing, simple past and past participle circumferenced)
- (obsolete, transitive) To include in a circular space; to bound.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas Browne to this entry?)