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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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extremity
English
Etymology
From Middle English extremite, from Old French extremité, from Latin extr?mit?s (“extremity; border, perimeter; ending”), from extrem?s (“furthest, extreme”) + -it?s (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-teh?ts (“suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being”); see extreme. Extrem?s is derived from exter (“external, outward”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?e??s (“out”)) + -issimus (“suffix indicating a superlative”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-is- (“suffix indicating a comparative”) + *-(t)m?mo- (“suffix indicating the absolutive case”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?kstr?'m?t?, IPA(key): /?k?st??m?ti/, /?k-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?st??m?ti/, /-?i/
- Hyphenation: ex?tre?mi?ty
Noun
extremity (countable and uncountable, plural extremities or extremitys) (obsolete)
- The most extreme or furthest point of something. [from c. 1400]
- An extreme measure.
- A hand or foot. [from early 15th c.]
- A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”). [from early 15th c.]
Synonyms
- (furthest point): tip
- (major appendage of human or animal): appendage, limb
Derived terms
- extremital
Related terms
- extreme
- extremely
- extremeness
- extremism
- extremist
Translations
Further reading
- extremities on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- extremity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- extremity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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