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nounthe size of something as given by the distance around it
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"he had walked the full circumference of his land" "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe"nounthe boundary line encompassing an area or object
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nounthe length of the closed curve of a circletype of:
Definition that contains circumference
- r the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
- pi the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846...
- radius the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
- diameter the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
- quadrant a quarter of the circumference of a circle
- clock golf a form of golf in which you putt from positions arranged on the circumference of a circle around the hole
- diam the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
- quarter-circle a quarter of the circumference of a circle
- eratosthenes Greek mathematician and astronomer who estimated the circumference of the earth and the distances to the Moon and sun (276-194 BC)