different between frontier vs perimeter

English

Etymology

From Middle English frounter, from Old French fronter (whence Modern French frontière), from front.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /f??n?t??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??n?t??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Hyphenation: fron?tier

Noun

frontier (plural frontiers)

1. The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region
2. The most advanced or recent version of something; leading edge.

   the frontier of civilization

3. (obsolete) An outwork of a fortification.

Synonyms

• (part of country bordering another): marches; the border

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

frontier

1. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; coterminous.

   a frontier town

Translations

Verb

frontier (third-person singular simple present frontiers, present participle frontiering, simple past and past participle frontiered)

1. (intransitive) To live as pioneers on frontier territory.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To place on the frontier.

English

Etymology

Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek perimetros, based on peri- ‘around’ + metron ‘measure’. From Ancient Greek ?????????? (perímetros).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: p?r?m'?t?r, IPA^(key): /p????m?t?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?m?t?(?)

Noun

perimeter (plural perimeters)

1. (mathematics) The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object.
2. (mathematics) The length of such a boundary.
3. The outer limits of an area. See synonyms at circumference.
4. A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position.
5. An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.

Synonyms

• (mathematics): circumference

Translations

Synonyms

• (given grounds): premises

Related terms

• perimeter fence
• perimetric, perimetrical
• perimetrically

Anagrams

• peritreme