circumference

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cir=cum=fer=ence
• COUNT in NET: 5 in 5 verses (in OT : 5 in 5 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

circumference, n. [L. circumferentia.].

•  The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.  Millon.  [1913 Webster]
•  A circle; anything circular.  [1913 Webster]

  "His ponderous shield . . .
  Behind him cast. The broad circumference
  Hung on his shoulders like the moon."  [1913 Webster]
•  The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.  [1913 Webster]

circumference, v. t. 

 To include in a circular space; to bound.  Sir T. Browne.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

circumference, n.
1 the enclosing boundary, esp. of a circle or other figure enclosed by a curve.
2 the distance round.

Derivative

circumferential adj. circumferentially adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF circonference f. L circumferentia (as CIRCUM-, ferre bear)

THESAURUS

circumference

O, ambit, annular muscle, annulus, areola, aureole, border, boundaries, boundary, bounds, bourns, chaplet, circle, circuit, circumscription, circus, closed circle, compass, confines, coordinates, corona, coronet, cortex, covering, crown, crust, cycle, diadem, discus, disk, edges, envelope, epidermis, eternal return, exterior, external, facade, face, facet, fairy ring, fringe, fringes, front, garland, glory, halo, integument, lasso, limitations, limits, lineaments, logical circle, loop, looplet, magic circle, marches, margin, metes, metes and bounds, noose, orbit, outer face, outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outline, outlines, outside, outskirts, pale, parameters, perimeter, periphery, radius, rim, rind, ring, rondelle, round, roundel, saucer, shell, skin, skirts, sphincter, superficies, superstratum, surface, top, verges, vicious circle, wheel, wreath

ROGET THESAURUS

circumference

Outline

N outline, circumference, perimeter, periphery, ambit, circuit, lines tournure, contour, profile, silhouette, bounds, coast line, zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre, cingle, clasp, girt, cordon, circlet.