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circumference

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Scrabble points
24
Words With Friends
30
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/sɜːˈkʌmfɹəns/ (UK)
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/sɜːˈkʌmfɹəns/ (UK) · /səˈkʌmfɹəns/ (UK) · /sɚˈkʌmfɹəns/ (US) · /səˈkamfɹəns/ · /sə(r)ˈkəmf(ə)rəns/ · /ˈsɜ(r)kəmf(ə)rəns/

Definition of circumference

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
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noun

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

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To include in a circular space; to bound.
    “Nor is the vigour of this great body included only in itself, or circumferenced by its surface”

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Etymology

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

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