Circumference

  • 11circumference — [[t]sə(r)kʌ̱mfrəns[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT The circumference of a circle, place, or round object is the distance around its edge. ...a scientist calculating the earth s circumference... The island is 3.5 km in circumference. 2) N UNCOUNT The… …

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  • 12circumference — UK [sə(r)ˈkʌmf(ə)rəns] / US [sərˈkʌmf(ə)rəns] noun Word forms circumference : singular circumference plural circumferences a) [countable/uncountable] the distance measured around the edge of a circle or a round object or area a circle with a… …

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  • 13circumference — n. in circumference (ten feet in circumference) * * * [sə kʌmf(ə)rəns] in circumference (ten feet in circumference) …

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  • 14circumference — cir|cum|fer|ence [səˈkʌmfərəns US sər ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin circumferentia, from circumferre to carry around , from circum ( CIRCUM ) + ferre to carry ] [C usually singular, U] the distance or measurement around the… …

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  • 15circumference — /seuhr kum feuhr euhns/, n. 1. the outer boundary, esp. of a circular area; perimeter: the circumference of a circle. 2. the length of such a boundary: a one mile circumference. 3. the area within a bounding line: the vast circumference of his… …

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  • 16circumference — cir|cum|fer|ence [ sər kʌmf(ə)rəns ] noun count or uncount the distance measured around the edge of a circle or a round object or area: a circle with a circumference of 20 inches The island is 50 miles in circumference. a. count usually singular… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17circumference — noun 1 (C, U) the distance measured around the outside of a circle: the circumference of the Earth | 3 metres in circumference 2 (singular) the measurement around the outside of any shape; periphery circumferential adjective …

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  • 18circumference — noun 1) the circumference of the pit Syn: perimeter, border, boundary; edge, rim, verge, margin, fringe; literary marge 2) the circumference of his arm Syn: girth, width …

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  • 19circumference — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. perimeter, boundary, compass. See circuit, environment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. perimeter, periphery, boundary, outline, ambit, circuit, compass, limit, border, bounds, edge, rim, margin; see also… …

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  • 20circumference —    The length of a line that is at the outside edge of a circle; the periphery of a circle. The mathematical formula for the circumference of a circle: two times pi (3.14159), or diameter times pi …

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