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 Definitions of Circumference  [ərˈkʌm fər əns]  

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Definition of 'Circumference' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) circumference
the outer boundary, esp. of a circular area; perimeter:
The circumference of a circle is equal to &pgr; times the diameter.

2.  circumference
the length of such a boundary.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME < L circumferentia

Definition of 'Circumference' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) circumference, perimeter
the size of something as given by the distance around it

2. (noun) circumference, circuit
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"

3. (noun) circumference
the length of the closed curve of a circle


Definition of 'Circumference' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) circumference
the distance around a circle
a circumference of 20cm; the earth's circumference


Definition of 'Circumference' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Circumference
the line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery

2. (noun) Circumference
a circle; anything circular

3. (noun) Circumference
the external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body

4. (verb) Circumference
to include in a circular space; to bound


Translation of 'Circumference' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (the length of) the boundary line of a circle or anything circular in shape
the circumference of a circle/wheel.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: omtrek Arabic flag Arabic: مُحيطُ الدّائِرَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: периферия
Brazilian flag Brazilian: circunferência Czech flag Czech: obvod German flag German: der Umfang
Danish flag Danish: omkreds Greek flag Greek: περιφέρεια Spanish flag Spanish: circunferencia
Estonian flag Estonian: ümbermõõt, ringjoon Farsi flag Farsi: محیط Finnish flag Finnish: ympärysmitta
French flag French: circonférence Hebrew flag Hebrew: הֶיקֵף Hindi flag Hindi: परिधि
Croatian flag Croatian: ophodnja Hungarian flag Hungarian: kerülete vminek Indonesian flag Indonesian: keliling, lingkaran
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ummál Italian flag Italian: circonferenza Japanese flag Japanese: 円周
Korean flag Korean: 외주 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: apskritimas, apskritimo i Latvian flag Latvian: riņķa līnija; perimetrs
Malay flag Malay: lilitan Dutch flag Dutch: omtrek Norwegian flag Norwegian: omkrets, periferi
Polish flag Polish: obwód Persian flag Persian: محیط Pashto flag Pashto: محیط
Portuguese flag Portuguese: circunferência Romanian flag Romanian: circumferinţă Russian flag Russian: окружность
Slovak flag Slovak: obvod Slovenian flag Slovenian: obseg Serbian flag Serbian: obim kruga
Swedish flag Swedish: omkrets Thai flag Thai: เส้นรอบวง Turkish flag Turkish: çevresel uzunluk, çember
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 圓周 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: коло Urdu flag Urdu: محیط
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chu vi Chinese flag Chinese: 圆周

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