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circumference

cir·cum·fe·rence

UK/sɜːˈkʌmfɹəns/ US/səˈkʌmfɹəns/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

the size of something as given by the distance around it

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2.

the length of the closed curve of a circle

Origin

From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”). Displaced native Old English ymbgang.

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