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circumference

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
circumference /səˈkʌmf(ə)r(ə)ns/

▶noun

1 the enclosing boundary of a circle.

2 the distance around something.

– derivatives
circumferential adjective,
circumferentially adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr. circonference, from L. circumferentia, from circum ‘around’ + ferre ‘carry’.

'circumference' also found in these Oxford entries:

arc - cardioid - Catherine wheel - clock golf - deadeye - epicycle - epicycloid - hip - hypocycloid - octant - paddle - paddle wheel - penannular - periphery - pi - radial - radius - semicircle - whispering gallery

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