Circumference

//sɚˈkʌmfɹəns//

Synonyms for "circumference" (105 found)

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Closest matches (21)

perimeter ambit annular muscle annulus areola aureole border boundaries boundary bounds bourns chaplet circle circuit circumscription circus closed circle compass confine

Noun(2 words)

perimeter circuit

Strong matches (32)

confines coordinates corona coronet cortex covering crown crust curve cycle diadem discus disk edges envelope epidermis eternal return exterior external facade

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face facet fairy ring fringe fringes front garland girth glory halo integument

Noun(1 words)

girth

Related words (52)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

7 entries

border borderline boundary line delimitation length mete size

Synonyms

3 entries

girth lap perimeter

Related terms

3 entries

diameter perimeter radius

derived

2 entries

circumferenceless semicircumference

has context

2 entries

geometry graph theory

is a

3 entries

boundary line length size

related to

10 entries

bound circle circular diameter figure include length line radius two dimensional

Translations

114 translations across 54 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

περιφέρεια noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)

Arabic

2 entries

مُحِيط noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
مُحِيط noun (length of such line)

Armenian

2 entries

շրջանագիծ noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
պարագիծ noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)

Asturian

1 entries

circunferencia noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)

Belarusian

2 entries

акру́жнасць noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
акру́жнасць noun (length of such line)

Bengali

2 entries

পরিধি noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
পরিধি noun (length of such line)

Bulgarian

4 entries

обико́лка noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
обико́лка noun (length of such line)
окръ́жност noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
периметър noun (length of such line)

Catalan

2 entries

circumferència noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
circumferència noun (length of such line)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

周長 /周长 noun (length of such line)
圓周 /圆周 noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)

Czech

2 entries

obvod noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
obvod noun (length of such line)

Danish

2 entries

omkreds noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
omkreds noun (length of such line)

Dutch

2 entries

omtrek noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
omtrek noun (length of such line)

Finnish

2 entries

kehä noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
ympärysmitta noun (length of such line)

French

3 entries

circonférence noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
circonférence noun (length of such line)
circonférence noun (graph theory)

Galician

2 entries

circunferencia noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
circunferencia noun (length of such line)

Georgian

1 entries

გარშემოწერილობა noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)

German

3 entries

Kreisumfang noun (length of such line)
Umfang noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
Umfang noun (length of such line)

Greek

2 entries

περιφέρεια noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
περιφέρεια noun (length of such line)

Hebrew

1 entries

הֶקֵּף noun (length of such line)

Hindi

2 entries

परिधि noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
परिधि noun (length of such line)

Hungarian

1 entries

kerület noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)

Icelandic

1 entries

ummál noun (length of such line)

Irish

2 entries

timpeall noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
timpeall noun (length of such line)

Italian

2 entries

circonferenza noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
circonferenza noun (length of such line)

Japanese

3 entries

円周 noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
円周長 noun (length of such line)
周長 noun (length of such line)

Kannada

2 entries

ಪರಿಧಿ noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
ಪರಿಧಿ noun (length of such line)

Korean

2 entries

둘레 noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
원주 noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)

Latin

1 entries

circumferentia noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)

Lithuanian

1 entries

perimetras noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Ëmfang noun (length of such line)

Macedonian

4 entries

обем noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
обем noun (length of such line)
обиколка noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
обиколка noun (length of such line)

Māori

3 entries

pae noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
pae noun (length of such line)
taiāwhiotanga noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)

Norman

1 entries

circonféthence noun (length of such line)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

omkrets noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
omkrets noun (length of such line)

Old English

2 entries

ymbgang noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
ymbgang noun (length of such line)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

چوره noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)

Persian

1 entries

پیرامون noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)

Polish

2 entries

obwód noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
obwód noun (length of such line)

Portuguese

2 entries

circunferência noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
perímetro noun (length of such line)

Romanian

1 entries

circumferință noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)

Russian

4 entries

длина́ окру́жности noun (length of such line)
окру́жность noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
пери́метр noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
пери́метр noun (length of such line)

Sanskrit

1 entries

नेमि noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

òbim noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
òbim noun (length of such line)
ȍpsēg noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
ȍpsēg noun (length of such line)

Slovak

2 entries

obvod noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
obvod noun (length of such line)

Slovene

2 entries

obseg noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
obseg noun (length of such line)

Spanish

2 entries

circunferencia noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
circunferencia noun (length of such line)

Swedish

2 entries

omkrets noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
omkrets noun (length of such line)

Tagalog

2 entries

tikop noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
tikop noun (length of such line)

Tamil

2 entries

சுற்றளவு noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
சுற்றளவு noun (length of such line)

Thai

2 entries

ความยาวเส้นรอบวง noun (length of such line)
เส้นรอบวง noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)

Turkish

1 entries

çevre noun (length of such line)

Ukrainian

2 entries

окру́жність noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
окру́жність noun (length of such line)

Vietnamese

4 entries

chu vi noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
đường tròn noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)
độ dài noun (length of such line)
độ dài chu vi noun (length of such line)

Welsh

2 entries

cylchedd noun (length of such line)
cylchyn noun (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: tatoeba (391875)

The world can no more have two summits than a circumference can have two centres.

Source: tatoeba (413875)

Is it possible to determine the diameter from the circumference?

Source: tatoeba (504803)

How do you derive the length of the circumference? I've forgotten.

Source: tatoeba (504846)

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