circumference
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4.2
- noun
- /sərˈkəmfərəns/
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circunferencia
- And in general, having a larger waist circumference is an indicator of being in poor metabolic health.
- waist circumference
- head circumference
- thigh circumference
Just have a think about the what the circumference of the London Eye is.
- Just have a think about the what the circumference of the London Eye is.
- OK, it's your waist circumference, right?
- So this is a syndrome of having high triglycerides, high blood pressure, a large waist circumference, and a couple of other things.
- One way is you match the perimeter of the square is the exact same length to the circumference of the circle.
- And in general, having a larger waist circumference is an indicator of being in poor metabolic health.
- What we say is that a line segment is the segment that whose length is less than half of the entire circumference.
- So very, very long, very narrow, not quite as like widened circumference as a slicing cucumber.
- You know, just by chance the the number of of lunar circumferences between the Earth and the moon.
- As in they don't really like the Trude, but they can appear quite large in circumference.
Examples
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You don't have to walk around the entire circumference of the Earth to discover that the Earth is curved.
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What's the circumference of that pizza?
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Just have a think about the what the circumference of the London Eye is.
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All right, now let's take the circumference of one of these bad boys.
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OK, it's your waist circumference, right?
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Well, the earth is 25,000 miles in circumference.
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A pneumatic belt records the change of the circumference of her chest.
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Eight feet tall, chest circumference 70 inches, total weight around 650 pounds.
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Had a circumference of about 120 feet, diameter if we were to really measure it out, but there's so much overgrowth right now.
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The circumference of the rubber ball is 24 inches.
Synonyms
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4.1
The outer edge of a shape or area and the total length of that edge
Surface Forms
Morphology
circumference = circum + fer + ence
Although 'circum-' historically means 'around' and the element from Latin 'fer' relates to 'carry', the root 'fer' is not a standalone or productive English morpheme, so learners cannot reliably derive 'distance around a circle' from the parts.
Etymology
Circumference comes from Latin parts circum- meaning 'around' and ferre meaning 'to carry', the same root as transfer. So circumference is the line or distance that 'carries' you all the way 'around' a circle.