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circumference

Pronunciation: /sɜːˈkʌmfɹəns/

The English word “circumference” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
  2. The length of such a line.
  3. The surface of a round or spherical object.
  4. The length of the longest cycle of a graph.

verb

  1. To include in a circular space; to bound.

Etymology

From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”). Displaced native Old English ymbgang.

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