Definition of circumfer

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Circumfer (v. t.) To bear or carry round.

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Circumference :: Circumference (v. t.) To include in a circular space; to bound.
Tire :: Tire (n.) A hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear..
Girdle :: Girdle (n.) That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus..
Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A graduated wheel for measuring tires; a tire circle.
Label :: Label (n.) A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes..
Heterochromous :: Heterochromous (a.) Having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the circumference.
Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation..
Circumference :: Circumference (n.) The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body..
Planchette :: Planchette (n.) A circumferentor. See Circumferentor.
Ring :: Ring (n.) The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles.
Circle :: Circle (n.) A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center..
Pole :: Pole (n.) A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a given meridian..
Function :: Function (n.) A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x2, 3x, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x..
Circumference :: Circumference (n.) The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.
Rope :: Rope (n.) A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage..
Round :: Round (adv.) In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round..
Zoetrope :: Zoetrope (n.) An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved..
Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant..
Compass :: Compass (n.) An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall..
Epicycle :: Epicycle (n.) A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally..
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