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Definition of circumference noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

circumference

noun
 
/səˈkʌmfərəns/
 
/sərˈkʌmfərəns/
 [countable, uncountable]
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  1. a line that goes around a circle or any other curved shape; the length of this line
    • the circumference of a circle
    • the circumference of the earth
    • in circumference The earth is almost 25 000 miles in circumference.
    compare perimeterTopics Colours and Shapesc2, Maths and measurementc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + circumference
    • have
    • calculate
    • measure
    • …
    preposition
    • in circumference
    • circumference of
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French circonference, from Latin circumferentia, from circum ‘around, about’ + ferre ‘carry, bear’.
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