cir·cum·fer·ence (s r-k m fr-ns)n. 1. The boundary line of a circle. 2. a. The boundary line of a figure, area, or object. b. Abbr. c or circ. The length of such a boundary. [Middle English, from Old French circonference, from Latin circumferentia, from circumfer  ns, circumferent-, present participle of circumferre, to carry around : circum-, circum- + ferre, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]cir·cum  fer·ential (-f-r nshl) adj.Synonyms: circumference, circuit, compass, perimeter, periphery These nouns refer to a line around a closed figure or area: the circumference of the earth; followed the circuit around the park; stayed within the compass of the schoolyard; the perimeter of a rectangle; a fence around the periphery of the property. |
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| Adj. | 1. | circumferential - lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts; "circumferential highways around cities" peripheral - on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs" |
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