What is the meaning of circumference?

noun

  • The size of something as given by the distance around it.
  • The boundary line encompassing an area or object.
    • usage: "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe"
  • The length of the closed curve of a circle. .
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