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circumference |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Circumference \Cir*cum"fer*ence\, v. t. To include in a circular space; to bound. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Circumference \Cir*cum"fer*ence\, n. [L. circumferentia.] 1. The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery. --Millon. 2. A circle; anything circular. His ponderous shield . . . Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon. --Milton. 3. The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: circumference n 1: the size of something as given by the distance around it [syn: {perimeter}] 2: the length of the closed curve of a circle
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