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circumference
| circumferent
| circumferential
| circumferentially
| circumferentor
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun circumference has 3 senses
- circumference(n = noun.attribute) perimeter - the size of something as given by the distance around it; Array is a kind of size
- circumference(n = noun.location) circuit - the boundary line encompassing an area or object; "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe" is a kind of border, borderline, boundary line, delimitation, mete
- circumference(n = noun.attribute) Array - the length of the closed curve of a circle; Array is a kind of length
has particulars: girth
Derived forms adjective circumferent1, adjective circumferential1
has parts: sextant, straight angle
CIDE DICTIONARY
circumference, n. [L. circumferentia.].
- The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery. Millon. [1913 Webster]
- A circle; anything circular. [1913 Webster]"His ponderous shield . . .
Behind him cast. The broad circumference
Hung on his shoulders like the moon." [1913 Webster] - The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body. [1913 Webster]
circumference, v. t.
To include in a circular space; to bound. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
circumference, n.
1 the enclosing boundary, esp. of a circle or other figure enclosed by a curve.
2 the distance round.
1 the enclosing boundary, esp. of a circle or other figure enclosed by a curve.
2 the distance round.
Derivative
circumferential adj. circumferentially adv.
Etymology
ME f. OF circonference f. L circumferentia (as CIRCUM-, ferre bear)
THESAURUS
circumference
O, ambit, annular muscle, annulus, areola, aureole, border, boundaries, boundary, bounds, bourns, chaplet, circle, circuit, circumscription, circus, closed circle, compass, confines, coordinates, corona, coronet, cortex, covering, crown, crust, cycle, diadem, discus, disk, edges, envelope, epidermis, eternal return, exterior, external, facade, face, facet, fairy ring, fringe, fringes, front, garland, glory, halo, integument, lasso, limitations, limits, lineaments, logical circle, loop, looplet, magic circle, marches, margin, metes, metes and bounds, noose, orbit, outer face, outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outline, outlines, outside, outskirts, pale, parameters, perimeter, periphery, radius, rim, rind, ring, rondelle, round, roundel, saucer, shell, skin, skirts, sphincter, superficies, superstratum, surface, top, verges, vicious circle, wheel, wreathROGET THESAURUS
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Outline
N outline, circumference, perimeter, periphery, ambit, circuit, lines tournure, contour, profile, silhouette, bounds, coast line, zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre, cingle, clasp, girt, cordon, circlet.
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