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   circumference

   /səˈkʌmf(ə)rəns/

   noun

   • 1. the enclosing boundary of a curved geometric figure, especially a circle. Similar perimeterborderboundaryedgerimvergemarginoutlinefringeboundslimitsextremityconfinesliterary:margebournskirt
   • ▪ the distance around something: "babies who have small head circumferences" Similar girthwidth

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French circonference, from Latin circumferentia, from circum ‘around, about’ + ferre ‘carry, bear’.

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