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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
circumference
    n 1: the size of something as given by the distance around it
         [syn: circumference, perimeter]
    2: the boundary line encompassing an area or object; "he had
       walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all
       races over the whole circumference of the globe" [syn:
       circumference, circuit]
    3: the length of the closed curve of a circle

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Circumference \Cir*cum"fer*ence\, n. [L. circumferentia.]
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   1. The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure;
      a periphery. --Millon.
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   2. A circle; anything circular.
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            His ponderous shield . . .
            Behind him cast. The broad circumference
            Hung on his shoulders like the moon.  --Milton.
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   3. The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular
      body.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Circumference \Cir*cum"fer*ence\, v. t.
   To include in a circular space; to bound. [Obs.] --Sir T.
   Browne.
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Thesaurus Results for circumference:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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