Definition of circumference

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Circumference (n.) The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body..

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Quadrant :: Quadrant (n.) The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90ยก, or one subtending a right angle at the center..
Tun-great :: Tun-great (a.) Having the circumference of a tun.
Degree :: Degree (n.) A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds..
Girth :: Girth (n.) The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything..
Semi Circumference :: Semi circumference (n.) Half of a circumference.
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..
Round :: Round (adv.) In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round..
Center :: Center (n.) A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place..
Brush Wheel :: Brush wheel () A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference..
Semicircle :: Semicircle (n.) A semicircumference.
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..
Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel..
Ring :: Ring (n.) The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles.
Round :: Round (a.) Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball..
Heterochromous :: Heterochromous (a.) Having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the circumference.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven..
Cablet :: Cablet (n.) A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.
Semicircle :: Semicircle (n.) A body in the form of half of a circle, or half of a circumference..
Tore :: Tore (n.) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
Circumferential :: Circumferential (a.) Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous.
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