noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

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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6. 6
   the boundary line encompassing an area or object wordnet
7. 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"

Synonyms

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perimeterperimeterambitannular muscleannulusareola

Example

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"God is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and circumference is nowhere."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

two dimensional

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