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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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confines
English
Noun
confines pl (plural only)
- The borders or limits of an area.
- Elements that restrain someone.
- The scope or range of a subject.
Translations
Verb
confines
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confine
Catalan
Verb
confines
- second-person singular present indicative form of confinar
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.fin/
- Homophones: confine, confinent
Verb
confines
- second-person singular present indicative of confiner
- second-person singular present subjunctive of confiner
Latin
Adjective
c?nf?n?s
- nominative masculine plural of c?nf?nis
- nominative feminine plural of c?nf?nis
- accusative masculine plural of c?nf?nis
- accusative feminine plural of c?nf?nis
- vocative masculine plural of c?nf?nis
- vocative feminine plural of c?nf?nis
References
- confines in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Verb
confines
- second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of confinar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of confinar
Spanish
Noun
confines
- plural of confín
Verb
confines
- Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of confinar.
- Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of confinar.
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