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perimeter |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Perimeter \Per*im"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ?; ? around + ? measure: cf F. p['e]rim[`e]tre.] 1. (Geom.) The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum of all the sides. 2. An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: perimeter n 1: the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary [syn: {margin}, {border}] 2: a line enclosing a plane areas 3: the size of something as given by the distance around it [syn: {circumference}]
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