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Circumference

//sɚˈkʌmfɹəns// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
  2. 2
    the size of something as given by the distance around it wordnet
  3. 3
    The length of such a line.
  4. 4
    the length of the closed curve of a circle wordnet
  5. 5
    The surface of a round or spherical object. obsolete
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  1. 6
    the boundary line encompassing an area or object wordnet
  2. 7
    The length of the longest cycle of a graph.
Verb
  1. 1
    To include in a circular space; to bound. obsolete, transitive

    "Nor is the vigour of this great body included only in itself, or circumferenced by its surface"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“I carry”). Displaced native Old English ymbgang.

Etymology 2

From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“I carry”). Displaced native Old English ymbgang.

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