perimeter
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4.1
- noun
- /pəˈrɪmətər/
- The soldiers were ordered to secure the perimeter of the base during the night.
- perimeter of a shape
- area and perimeter
- solve perimeter problems
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- I'm just going to bronze the perimeter guys know the drill.
- And on that eastern perimeter of our compound was our back gate.
- Snipers lined them up along the perimeter fence.
- And I'm just going to ever so slightly and lightly graze the perimeter of my face for real.
- And now I want you to tap the bronzer around the perimeter of the face.
- So I'm just dusting it kind of just on that kind of outer perimeter on the cheekbones.
- It's a self-sufficient village like contained within the perimeter of the walls.
- And forest perimeter favors deer and white footed mice.
- These people have posed all around the perimeter.
Examples
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A dry moat, now lined with trees, marks the perimeter of what was once a defensive palisade.
Academic text (2008) -
We got a 16-foot wall around the entire perimeter.
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But now I think this left side will have larger perimeter than the right side.
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And then I asked if everyone would rise and then would move to the perimeter of the room.
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We have to set a perimeter.
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Western forces have reached the White House perimeter.
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Rule number two, stay inside the perimeter of the fence at all times.
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And she had told us that the whole perimeter of her acre property had these pine trees.
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Secure the perimeter!
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Securing the perimeter.
Synonyms
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1.0
Outer part of an object that forms a border, often sharp
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1.0
The outer edge of a round object like a cup or wheel
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3.2
A limit that shows how far something reaches
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3.1
A line or fence that marks the edge of an area and separates it from another
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3.6
Area along the edge of something like a field or page
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1.1
An edge around something like a picture or rug used to make it look nicer
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6.5
The outer edge of an area, group, or idea
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3.1
A line that shows the edge between two areas
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4.6
The far edge of an area or thing that shows its limits
Antonyms
How Wide
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Perimeter comes from Greek parts peri- 'around' and metron 'measure'. So, it means the distance measured 'around' the outer edge of a shape or place, which is why we add all the sides to find a perimeter.