Circumference Definition

sər-kŭmfər-əns
noun
The line bounding a circle, a rounded surface, or an area suggesting a circle.
Webster's New World
The boundary line of an area or object.
American Heritage
The distance measured by this line.
Webster's New World
The margin or area surrounding something.
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verb

(obsolete) To include in a circular space; to bound.

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Other Word Forms of Circumference

Noun

Singular:
circumference
Plural:
circumferences

Origin of Circumference

  • Middle English from Old French circonference from Latin circumferentia from circumferēns circumferent- present participle of circumferre to carry around circum- circum- ferre to carry bher-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“I carry”).

    From Wiktionary

Circumference Sentence Examples

  • Nearly all these instruments register the revolution of a small wheel of known circumference, which is run along the line to be measured.

  • The park is nearly ten miles in circumference.

  • This exam includes assessing size, weight, head circumference, chest circumference, genitalia, physical mobility, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, lungs, heart, elimination, presence of neonatal reflexes, and much more.

  • Also be sure the circumference of the baseball bat's handle is right for you.

  • The fort rises from a huge mass of granite rock, which with a circumference of nearly 2 m., juts up abruptly to a height of 450 ft.

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Words Starting With

CCICIR

Words Ending With

ECENCE

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circumference

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

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