Circumference

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The boundary line of a circle.
  • n. The boundary line of a figure, area, or object.
  • n. The length of such a boundary.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
  • n. The length of such a line
  • n. The surface of a round or spherical object
  • v. To include in a circular space; to bound.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.
  • n. A circle; anything circular.
  • n. The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.
  • v. To include in a circular space; to bound.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The line that bounds a circle; by extension, the bounding line of any regular plane curvilinear figure; a periphery: as, the circumference of a circle or an ellipse. The circumference of a sphere is that of a great circle of the sphere.
  • n. Hence Loosely, any bounding line: as, the circumference of a city.
  • n. The space included in a circle; anything circular in form.
  • n. A going about; circumlocution.
  • To include in a circular or spherical space.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the boundary line encompassing an area or object
  • n. the length of the closed curve of a circle
  • n. the size of something as given by the distance around it
  • Antonym
    center    middle   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mete    boundary line    delimitation    borderline    border    length   
    Cross Reference
    boundary   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    periphery    circle    bound    circuit    compass    round    perimeter    perimetry    girth    girt   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    diameter    width    girth    radius    rim    thickness    perimeter    curvature    periphery    dimension