Circumference
[sə'kʌmf(ə)r(ə)ns] or [sɚ'kʌmfərəns]
Definition
(noun.) the size of something as given by the distance around it.
(noun.) the length of the closed curve of a circle.
(noun.) the boundary line encompassing an area or object; 'he had walked the full circumference of his land'; 'a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe'.
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Definition
(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. t.) To include in a circular space; to bound.
Editor: Verna
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Periphery.
Editor: Marilyn
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Periphery, enclosure, circuit, outline, boundary
ANT:Diameter, crossing, bisection, transection, transversion
Typist: Tabitha
Definition
n. the boundary-line of any round body esp. of a circle: the line surrounding anything: area: compass: distance round.—adj. Circumferen′tial—n. Circumferent′or an instrument used by surveyors and miners for measuring horizontal angles consisting of a graduated circle an index and a magnetic needle suspended over the centre of a circle—now superseded by the Theodolite.
Edited by Hattie
Examples
- Closing tarred Russian hemp cable, 15-3/4 inch circumference, for Argentine Battleship Rivadavia. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These are of irregular cylindrical form, depending on the form of the tusk’s circumference. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Another Platonist made the first measurement of the earth's circumference. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They would not measure round the waist more than so much--describing to me the circumference with his hands. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The indicator was composed of several wheels; on the circumference of each wheel were the numerals; and one wheel had fractions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He took a tract of land sixty miles in circumference and set to work to make this park and build this palace and a road to it from Paris. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As the tusk grows in length on the living elephant it also expands; but the cells grow larger and less compact as the tusk expands in circumference. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- On the circumference of the barrel are gear teeth, and those teeth engage corresponding teeth on the arbor of the center. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The field magnets in the multipolar machine usually are arranged in radial position around the entire circumference of the revolving armature, and are held in a fixed circular frame. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Therefore, when the balls are turned, the circumference around the belly is made greater than around the nerve ends, to allow for the shrinkage in the former. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These trees, including both species, range in height from 100 to 400 feet and in circumference from 15 to 90 feet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When the large wheel makes one revolution, _P_ falls a distance equal to the circumference of the wheel. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Its diameter was 270 feet and its circumference 825 feet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It looks as if it might be roofed, from centre to circumference, with inverted saucers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This little round table with the marble top (it's two feet ten in circumference), I bought. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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