US /sɚˈkʌmfɹəns/ UK /sɜːˈkʌmfɹəns/
noun Freq #29067

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the boundary line encompassing an area or object

    Put a fence on the circumference of our land.

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Synonyms
1 noun · the boundary line... circuit
Word family
Forms circumferencescircumferential
Derived forms circumferencelesssemicircumference
Related forms diameterperimeterradius

Etymology

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

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