different between caliper vs circumference
caliper
English
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Alternative forms
- calliper (UK)
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?kæl?p?/
- Hyphenation: cal?i?per
Noun
caliper (plural calipers)
- (usually plural only) Uncommon variant of calipers.
- (automotive) The part of a disc brake that holds the brake pads.
Derived terms
- vernier caliper
Translations
Anagrams
- earclip, replica
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circumference
English
Etymology
From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + fer? (“I carry”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: sûrk?m'fr?ns, IPA(key): /s???k?m.f??ns/
- (US) enPR: sûrk?m'fr?ns, IPA(key): /s???k?m.f??ns/
- Rhymes: -?ns
Noun
circumference (plural circumferences)
- (geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
- (geometry) The length of such a line
- (obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object
- (graph theory) The length of the longest cycle of a graph
Synonyms
- (geometry): perimeter, umstroke
- (distance measured around any object): girth
- (distance measured around a race track): lap
Related terms
- diameter
- radius
- perimeter
Translations
Verb
circumference (third-person singular simple present circumferences, present participle circumferencing, simple past and past participle circumferenced)
- (obsolete, transitive) To include in a circular space; to bound.
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