circumference

English

Circumference and diameter

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“I carry”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sûrkŭm'frəns, IPA^(key): /sɜːˈkʌm.fɹəns/
• enPR: sûrkŭm'frəns, IPA^(key): /sɝːˈkʌm.fɹəns/

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• Rhymes: -ɛns

Noun

circumference (plural circumferences)

1. (geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
2. (geometry) The length of such a line
3. (obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object
4. (graph theory) The length of the longest cycle of a graph

Synonyms

• (geometry): perimeter, umstroke
• (distance measured around any object): girth
• (distance measured around a race track): lap

Related terms

• diameter
• radius

Translations

line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object

• Armenian: շրջանագիծ (hy) (šrǰanagic) (for a circle), պարագիծ (hy) (paragic)
• Asturian: circunferencia f
• Belarusian: акру́жнасць f (akrúžnascʹ)
• Bengali: পরিধি (poridhi)
• Bulgarian: периферия (bg) f (periferija)
• Catalan: circumferència (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圓周／圆周 (zh) (yuánzhōu), 圆周 (zh) (yuánzhōu)

• Czech: obvod (cs) m
• Danish: omkreds c
• Dutch: omtrek (nl) m
• Finnish: kehä (fi)
• Galician: circunferencia (gl) f
• German: Umfang (de) m
• Greek: περιφέρεια (el) f (periféreia)

  Ancient: περιφέρεια f (periphéreia)

• Hungarian: kerület (hu)
• Irish: timpeall m
• Italian: circonferenza (it) f
• Japanese: 円周 (ja) (えんしゅう, enshū)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 원주 (ko) (wonju), 둘레 (ko) (dulle)
• Lithuanian: perimetras m
• Macedonian: обем m (obem), периме́тар m (perimétar), обиколка f (obikolka)
• Maori: pae, taiāwhiotanga
• Norwegian: omkrets m
• Polish: obwód (pl) m
• Portuguese: circunferência (pt) f
• Romanian: circumferință (ro)
• Russian: окру́жность (ru) f (okrúžnostʹ) (for a circle); пери́метр (ru) m (perímetr)
• Serbo-Croatian: opseg (sh) m
• Slovak: obvod m
• Slovene: obseg (sl) m
• Spanish: circunferencia (es) f
• Swedish: omkrets (sv)
• Tagalog: tikop
• Thai: เส้นรอบวง (th) (sên-rɔ̂ɔp-wong)
• Ukrainian: окру́жність (uk) f (okrúžnistʹ)
• Vietnamese: đường tròn (vi)
• Welsh: cylchyn m

length of such line

• Bengali: পরিধি (poridhi)
• Bulgarian: обиколка (bg) f (obikolka)
• Catalan: circumferència (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 周長／周长 (zh) (zhōucháng), 周长 (zh) (zhōucháng)

• Czech: obvod (cs) m
• Danish: omkreds c
• Dutch: omtrek (nl) m
• Finnish: ympärysmitta (fi)
• French: circonférence (fr) f
• Galician: circunferencia (gl) f
• German: Umfang (de) m
• Greek: περιφέρεια (el) f (periféreia)
• Hebrew: הקף (he) (hekeif)
• Icelandic: ummál (is) n
• Irish: timpeall m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: circonferenza (it) f
• Japanese: 円周長 (えんしゅうちょう, enshūchō), 周長 (しゅうちょう, shūchō)
• Luxembourgish: Ëmfang m
• Macedonian: обем m (obem), периме́тар m (perimétar), обиколка f (obikolka)
• Maori: pae
• Norman: circonféthence f
• Norwegian: omkrets m
• Portuguese: perímetro (pt) m
• Russian: длина́ окру́жности f (dliná okrúžnosti), пери́метр (ru) m (perímetr)
• Serbo-Croatian: opseg (sh) m
• Slovene: obseg (sl) m
• Spanish: circunferencia (es) f
• Swedish: omkrets (sv)
• Tagalog: tikop
• Thai: ความยาวเส้นรอบวง (kwaam-yaao-sên-rɔ̂ɔp-wong)
• Welsh: cylchedd (cy) m

graph theory

• French: circonférence (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To include in a circular space; to bound.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas Browne to this entry?)