See Also: circumference(medicine)
circumference(dictionary)
circumference(dictionary)
articular circumference of radius(medicine)
articular circumference of ulna(medicine)

circumference (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin circumferentia, from circumferre 'to carry around', from circum- ( CIRCUM-) + ferre 'to carry']
[C usually singular, U] the distance or measurement around the outside of a circle or any round shape
-see also diameter diameter, perimeter perimeter, radius radius circumference of
::the circumference of the Earth
in circumference
::The island is only nine miles in circumference.