Word of the Day: Circumference

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- Circumference -

pronounced [ser-kuhm-fer-uhns]

noun

1. the outer boundary, especially of a circular area; perimeter: the circumference of a circle.

2. the length of such a boundary: a one-mile circumference.

3. the area within a bounding line: the vast circumference of his mind.

Origin

1393, from L. circumferentia, neut. pl. of circumferens prp. of circumferre (loan-transl. of Gk. periphereia "rotundity, periphery"), from circum "around" + ferre "to carry" (see infer).

Synonyms
1. periphery, circuit.

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