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circumference

English

Etymology

From Latin circumferentia, from circum (around) + fer? (I carry).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: sûrk?m'fr?ns, IPA(key): /s???k?m.f??ns/
  • (US) enPR: sûrk?m'fr?ns, IPA(key): /s???k?m.f??ns/
  • Rhymes: -?ns

Noun

circumference (plural circumferences)

  1. (geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
  2. (geometry) The length of such a line
  3. (obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object
  4. (graph theory) The length of the longest cycle of a graph

Synonyms

  • (geometry): perimeter, umstroke
  • (distance measured around any object): girth
  • (distance measured around a race track): lap

Related terms

  • diameter
  • radius
  • perimeter

Translations

Verb

circumference (third-person singular simple present circumferences, present participle circumferencing, simple past and past participle circumferenced)

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

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outskirts

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?a?tsk?ts/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?a?tsk??ts/
  • Hyphenation: out?skirts

Etymology 1

From out- +? skirt.

Noun

outskirts pl (plural only)

  1. The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.
    He lived on the outskirts of Paris for a time.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

outskirts

  1. plural of outskirt

Verb

outskirts

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outskirt

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