different between cord vs circumference

English

Etymology

From Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Doric Ancient Greek ????? (khordá, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”) (compare Ionic ????? (khord?), from Proto-Indo-European *??er- (“bowel”)). More at yarn and hernia.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k??d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d
• Homophones: chord, cored (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger), cawed (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

cord (countable and uncountable, plural cords)

1. A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); (uncountable) such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.

2. A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
3. A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.
4. (figuratively) Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     Every detail of the house and garden was familiar; a thousand cords of memory and affection drew him thither; but a stronger counter-motive prevailed.

5. (anatomy) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.

6. Dated form of chord: musical sense.
7. Misspelling of chord: a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.

Synonyms

• (length of twisted strands): cable, twine
• (wires surrounded by an insulating coating, used to supply electricity): cable, flex
• See also Thesaurus:string

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

cord (third-person singular simple present cords, present participle cording, simple past and past participle corded)

1. To furnish with cords
2. To tie or fasten with cords
3. To flatten a book during binding
4. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

Middle English

Noun

cord

1. Alternative form of corde

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cor, cordis.

Noun

cord n (plural corduri)

1. (anatomy) heart

   Synonym: inim?

Declension

Related terms

• cordial

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)

1. (geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
2. (geometry) The length of such a line
3. (obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object
4. (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)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To include in a circular space; to bound.