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perimeter

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perimeter
The 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
perimeter [pə′rim·əd·ər]
(mathematics)
The total length of a closed curve; for example, the perimeter of a polygon is the total length of its sides.
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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.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
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.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
 
 
 
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