circumference

noun
/sɜːˈkʌmfɹəns/UK/sɚˈkʌmfɹəns/US/səˈkamfɹəns/

Etymology

From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”). Displaced native Old English ymbgang.

  1. derived from ymbgang
  2. derived from circumferentia

Definitions

  1. The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.

  2. The length of such a line.

  3. The surface of a round or spherical object.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. The length of the longest cycle of a graph.

    2. To include in a circular space

      To include in a circular space; to bound.

      • Nor is the vigour of this great body included only in itself, or circumferenced by its surface

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at circumference. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at circumference. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at circumference

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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