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CIRCUMFERENCE

\sɜːkˈʌmfɹəns], \sɜːkˈʌmfɹəns], \s_ɜː_k_ˈʌ_m_f_ɹ_ə_n_s]\

Definitions of CIRCUMFERENCE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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the size of something as given by the distance around it

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

the size of something as given by the distance around it

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A circle; anything circular.
To include in a circular space; to bound.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A circle; anything circular.
To include in a circular space; to bound.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The line that bounds a circle or any curved plane flgure; the distance around a circular body; circuit.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Circumferential.
Line that bounds a circle.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Circumferential.
The boundary - line of a circle; distance around; circuit.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The outline of a more or less circular or spherical figure or body; the distance around it.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Latin] The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery; â€”external surface of a sphere, or any orbicular body.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

The periphery, the line including and surrounding any thing; the space inclosed in a circle; the external part of an orbicular body; an orb, a circle.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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