circumference
noun
- linear distance around the outside of a closed curve or circular object
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /sɜːˈkʌmfɹəns/ / /səˈkʌmfɹəns/ / /sɚˈkʌmfɹəns/
noun
Etymology: From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”). Displaced native Old English ymbgang.
- The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
- The length of such a line.
- The surface of a round or spherical object.
- The length of the longest cycle of a graph.
verb
Etymology: From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”). Displaced native Old English ymbgang.
- 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”