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circumference 1. the boundary of a specific area or geometric figure, esp of a circle 2. the length of a closed geometric curve, esp of a circle. The circumference of a circle is equal to the diameter multiplied by π circumference [sər′kəm·fə·rəns] (mathematics) The length of a circle. For a sphere, the length of any great circle on the sphere. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Bestowing a word of promise here and a smile there, a whisper on one happy slave and a wave of the hand on another, Monseigneur affably passed through his rooms to the remote region of the Circumference of Truth. Its circumference showed a diameter of about twenty-two leagues. 8th, That the said man-mountain shall, in two moons' time, deliver in an exact survey of the circumference of our dominions, by a computation of his own paces round the coast. |
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