Circumference and diameterFromLatincircumferentia, fromcircum(“around”) +ferō(“I carry”). Displaced nativeOld Englishymbgang.
circumference (pluralcircumferences)
- (geometry) Theline thatbounds acircle or othertwo-dimensionalfigure.
- (geometry) Thelength of such a line.
- (obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object.
- (graph theory) The length of the longest cycle of a graph.
line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
- Arabic:مُحِيط (ar) m(muḥīṭ)
- Armenian:շրջանագիծ (hy)(šrǰanagic)(for a circle),պարագիծ (hy)(paragic)
- Asturian:circunferencia f
- Belarusian:акру́жнасць f(akrúžnascʹ)
- Bengali:পরিধি (bn)(poridhi)
- Bulgarian:перифе́рия (bg) f(periférija),окръ́жност f(okrǎ́žnost),обико́лка (bg) f(obikólka)
- Catalan:circumferència (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:圓周 /圆周 (zh)(yuánzhōu)
- Czech:obvod (cs) m
- Danish:omkreds c
- Dutch:omtrek (nl) m
- Finnish:kehä (fi)
- French:circonférence (fr)
- Galician:circunferencia (gl) f
- Georgian:გარშემოწერილობა(garšemoc̣eriloba)
- German:Umfang (de) m
- Greek:περιφέρεια (el) f(periféreia)
- Ancient:περιφέρεια f(periphéreia)
- Hindi:परिधि (hi) m(paridhi)
- Hungarian:kerület (hu)
- Irish:timpeall m
- Italian:circonferenza (it) f
- Japanese:円周 (ja)(えんしゅう, enshū)
- Kannada:ಪರಿಧಿ (kn)(paridhi)
- Korean:원주(圓周) (ko)(wonju),둘레 (ko)(dulle)
- Latin:circumferentia f
- Lithuanian:perimetras m
- Macedonian:обем m(obem),периме́тар m(perimétar),обиколка f(obikolka)
- Maori:pae,taiāwhiotanga
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:omkrets (no) m
- Old English:ymbgang m
- Ottoman Turkish:چوره(çevre)
- Persian:پیرامون (fa)(pirâmun)
- Polish:obwód (pl) m
- Portuguese:circunferência (pt) f
- Romanian:circumferință (ro)
- Russian:окру́жность (ru) f(okrúžnostʹ)(for a circle);пери́метр (ru) m(perímetr)
- Sanskrit:नेमि (sa) f(nemi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic:о̏псе̄г m,о̀бим m
- Roman:ȍpsēg (sh) m,òbim (sh) m
- Slovak:obvod m
- Slovene:obseg (sl) m
- Spanish:circunferencia (es) f
- Swedish:omkrets (sv) c
- Tagalog:tikop
- Tamil:சுற்றளவு (ta)(cuṟṟaḷavu)
- Thai:เส้นรอบวง (th)(sên-rɔ̂ɔp-wong)
- Ukrainian:окру́жність (uk) f(okrúžnistʹ)
- Vietnamese:chu vi (vi),đường tròn (vi)
- Welsh:cylchyn m
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length of such line
- Arabic:مُحِيط (ar) m(muḥīṭ)
- Belarusian:акру́жнасць f(akrúžnascʹ)
- Bengali:পরিধি (bn)(poridhi)
- Bulgarian:обико́лка (bg) f(obikólka),периметър (bg) m(perimetǎr)
- Catalan:circumferència (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:周長 /周长 (zh)(zhōucháng)
- Czech:obvod (cs) m
- Danish:omkreds c
- Dutch:omtrek (nl) m
- Finnish:ympärysmitta (fi)
- French:circonférence (fr) f
- Galician:circunferencia (gl) f
- German:Umfang (de) m,Kreisumfang (de) m
- Greek:περιφέρεια (el) f(periféreia)
- Hebrew:הֶקֵּף (he) m(hekéf)
- Hindi:परिधि (hi) m(paridhi)
- Icelandic:ummál (is) n
- Irish:timpeall m
- Italian:circonferenza (it) f
- Japanese:円周長(えんしゅうちょう, enshūchō),周長 (ja)(しゅうちょう, shūchō)
- Kannada:ಪರಿಧಿ (kn)(paridhi)
- Luxembourgish:Ëmfang m
- Macedonian:обем m(obem),периме́тар m(perimétar),обиколка f(obikolka)
- Maori:pae
- Norman:circonféthence f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:omkrets (no) m
- Old English:ymbgang m
- Polish:obwód (pl) m
- Portuguese:perímetro (pt) m
- Russian:длина́окру́жности f(dliná okrúžnosti),пери́метр (ru) m(perímetr)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic:о̏псе̄г m,о̀бим m
- Roman:ȍpsēg (sh) m,òbim (sh) m
- Slovak:obvod m
- Slovene:obseg (sl) m
- Spanish:circunferencia (es) f
- Swedish:omkrets (sv) c
- Tagalog:tikop
- Tamil:சுற்றளவு (ta)(cuṟṟaḷavu)
- Thai:ความยาวเส้นรอบวง(kwaam-yaao-sên-rɔ̂ɔp-wong)
- Turkish:çevre (tr)
- Ukrainian:окру́жність (uk) f(okrúžnistʹ)
- Vietnamese:độ dài chu vi,độ dài (vi)
- Welsh:cylchedd (cy) m
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circumference (third-person singular simple presentcircumferences,present participlecircumferencing,simple past and past participlecircumferenced)
- (obsolete, transitive) Toinclude in acircular space; tobound.
1650,Thomas Browne,Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […],→OCLC:Nor is the vigour of this great body included only in itself, orcircumferenced by its surface
