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The circumference is defined as the distance around something round or rounded, especially the distance around the edge of a circle.

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An example of circumference is the distance around the outer boundary of a circle.

See circumference in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the line bounding a circle, a rounded surface, or an area suggesting a circle
the distance measured by this line

Origin: ME < L circumferentia < circumferens, prp. of circumferre < circum, around + ferre, to carry, bear

Related Forms:

circumferential adjective
circumferentially adverb

See circumference in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The boundary line of a circle.
a. The boundary line of a figure, area, or object.
b. Abbr. c or circ. The length of such a boundary.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French circonference

Origin: , from Latin circumferentia

Origin: , from circumferēns, circumferent-

Origin: , present participle of circumferre, to carry around

Origin: : circum-, circum-

Origin: + ferre, to carry; see bher-¹ in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

cir·cumˌfer·enˈtial (-fə-rĕnˈshəl) adjective

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