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How to pronounce circumference in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms perimeter
Type of size
Has types girth
Type Words
Synonyms circuit
Type of border, borderline, boundary line, delimitation, mete
Derivation circumferent, circumferential


he had walked the full circumference of his land.
a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe.
Type Words
Type of length

Examples of circumference

circumference
Keeping the circumference small and elevated really helps to control the spread.
From the newsobserver.com
In other words, you multiply a circle's diameter by pi to get the circumference.
From the toledoblade.com
Anthropometric measures included height, weight, calf and mid-arm circumference.
From the nature.com
Secondly, we might think about another way of measuring, which is circumference.
From the abcnews.go.com
The researchers also noted their waist and hip circumference, height and weight.
From the huffingtonpost.com
His most important error was a miscalculation of the circumference of the earth.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He is credited with being the first person to measure the Earth's circumference.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Girdling involves cutting a strip of bark from the circumference of a tree trunk.
From the sciencedaily.com
Harnesses will accommodate up to a 43-inch waist and a 28-inch leg circumference.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • The size of something as given by the distance around it
  • The boundary line encompassing an area or object; "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe"
  • The length of the closed curve of a circle
  • (circumferent) encompassing(a): closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside"
  • The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure; The length of such a line; The surface of a round or spherical object
  • Represented by a line around the earth that starts and finishes at the same point. Due to the fact that the earth is not a true sphere but an oblate spheroid, or geoid, its length varies from 24,901.55 miles (40,075 km) around the equator to 24,859.82 miles (40,008 km) around the poles.
  • Depending on the size of your foot, it's the measurement around the widest part of the shoe near the shaft.
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  • The knight who designed the round table