circumference
English

Circumference and diameter
Etymology
From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“I carry”).
Pronunciation
Noun
circumference (plural circumferences)
- (geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
- (geometry) The length of such a line
- (obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object
- (graph theory) The length of the longest cycle of a graph
Synonyms
Translations
line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
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length of such line
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Verb
circumference (third-person singular simple present circumferences, present participle circumferencing, simple past and past participle circumferenced)
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