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perimeterThe boundary of a system or network, which defines the inside and outside. It is typically determined by firewalls and addresses. See DMZ. perimeter 1. Maths a. the curve or line enclosing a plane area b. the length of this curve or line 2. a medical instrument for measuring the limits of the field of vision 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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Obviously the measurements of a single angle would no longer be sufficient under such portentous circumstances; one's whole life would be taken up in feeling or surveying the perimeter of one's acquaintances. Monseigneur has bought a sphere or globe, which I shall show you; it fills all the perimeter of the great tower, except a gallery which he has had built over the sphere: there are little strings and brass wires to which the sun and moon are hooked. |
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