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circumference

noun as in edge, perimeter

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The rest that extends beyond the circumference of the meat quickly melts down onto the surface of the flattop.

Pi is officially defined as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.

The course is about a mile and a half in circumference, and the "straight" about five furlongs in length.

Their branches describe a circle of more than eighty feet in circumference, but they no longer bear fruit.

The rock towers to a height of two hundred and fifty feet and is about a mile in circumference.

Its circumference is not very considerable, but nearly the same all the way up, which gives it the look of a tower.

On the circumference of the barrel are gear teeth, and those teeth engage corresponding teeth on the arbor of the center.

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On this page you'll find 39 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to circumference, such as: girth, ambit, border, boundary, bound/bounds, and circuit.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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