circumference
nounEtymology
From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”). Displaced native Old English ymbgang.
- derived from ymbgang
- derived from circumferentia
Definitions
The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
The length of such a line.
The surface of a round or spherical object.
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The length of the longest cycle of a graph.
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
- synonymperimeter
- synonymumstroke
- synonymlapdistance measured around a race track
- neighbordiameter
- neighborradius
- neighborperimeter
Derived
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.
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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