Definition of circumferences Circumferences

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Noun Plural: circumferences
circumference - the boundary line encompassing an area or object; "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe"
		circuit
		borderline, boundary line, delimitation, mete, border a line that indicates a boundary
circumference - the length of the closed curve of a circle
		length a section of something that is long and narrow; "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing"
		sextant a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant
circumference - the size of something as given by the distance around it
		perimeter
		size the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe"

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circumference (Noun)
The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
circumference (Noun)
The length of such a line.
circumference (Noun)
The surface of a round or spherical object.
circumference (Verb)
To include in a circular space; to bound.

circumference (n.)
The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.
circumference (n.)
A circle; anything circular.
circumference (n.)
The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.
circumference (v. t.)
To include in a circular space; to bound.

circumference
sėr-kum′fėr-ens, n. the boundary-line of any round body, esp. of a circle: the line surrounding anything: area: compass: distance round.—adj. Circumferen′tial—n. Circumferent′or, an instrument used by surveyors and miners for measuring horizontal angles, consisting of a graduated circle, an index, and a magnetic needle suspended over the centre of a circle—now superseded by the Theodolite. [L. circum, about, ferre, to carry.]