Definition of circumference

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Circumference (v. t.) To include in a circular space; to bound.

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Isoperimetrical :: Isoperimetrical (a.) Having equal perimeters of circumferences; as, isoperimetrical figures or bodies..
Semi Circumference :: Semi circumference (n.) Half of a circumference.
Cablet :: Cablet (n.) A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.
Top :: Top (n.) The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface..
Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A ring of thin metal formed with a grooved circumference so as to fit within an eye-spice, or the like, and protect it from chafing..
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..
Semicircle :: Semicircle (n.) A body in the form of half of a circle, or half of a circumference..
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..
Circumferential :: Circumferential (a.) Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous.
Grist :: Grist (n.) In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands..
Dimension :: Dimension (n.) Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural, measure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and thickness; extent; size; as, the dimensions of a room, or of a ship; the dimensions of a farm, of a kingdom..
Epicycle :: Epicycle (n.) A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally..
Circle :: Circle (n.) The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.
Ring :: Ring (n.) The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles.
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..
Round :: Round (adv.) In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round..
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..
Zone :: Zone (n.) Circuit; circumference.
Tun-great :: Tun-great (a.) Having the circumference of a tun.
Epicycle :: Epicycle (n.) A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center..
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