Thesaurus: circumference

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1. n. The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.
2. n. A circle; anything circular.
3. n. The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.
4. v. t. To include in a circular space; to bound.
5. n. the size of something as given by the distance around it
6. n. the boundary line encompassing an area or object
7. n. the length of the closed curve of a circle
8. 1. The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery. Millon. 2. A circle; anything circular. His ponderous shield . . . Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon. Milton. 3. The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body. To include in a circular space; to bound. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
9. To include in a circular space; to bound. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
10. n:100 n. the size of something as given by the distance around it n. the boundary line encompassing an area or object n. the length of the closed curve of a circle