circumference (n.)

  1. the size of something as given by the distance around it

    [ Syn: perimeter ]

  2. the boundary line encompassing an area or object; he had walked the full circumference of his land; a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe

    [ Syn: circuit ]

  3. the length of the closed curve of a circle

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