circumference• This is about two and one-half times less than the actualcircumference of about 25,000 miles.• The center and circumference of all democracy!• The trend in cardiovascularmortality with externalconjugate was abolished by allowing for head circumference.• The ropes were five inches in circumference and made of best manila, but they had snapped like cotton.• Consider figure 6. 2; there the unitlengthcircumference of the circle represents all potentialvarieties.• These were grouped into four sets of four placed at 90 intervals round the circumference of the module.• The Vesica piscis On the diameter of a circle an equilateral triangle is described centrally such that its apex just touches the circumference.• She would only be able to move within the circumference of that tree.
in circumference• The cable is 1 meterin circumference.
Origincircumference
(1300-1400)Old FrenchLatincircumferentia, from circumferre“to carry around”, from circum- (CIRCUM-) + ferre“to carry”
VERB + CIRCUMFERENCE | PREPOSITIONVERB + CIRCUMFERENCE➤have周長⋯▸➤calculate, measure計算/測量周長◇to measure the circumference of a circle測量一個圓的周長PREPOSITION➤in circumference周長為⋯◇an area three miles in circumference方圓 3 英里的區域➤circumference of⋯的周長◇the circumference of a circle圓的周長