Meaning

4 senses
  1. The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.

    Umfang

    окру́жностьokrúžnostʹ, пери́метрperímetr

    окру́жністьokrúžnistʹ

  2. The length of such a line.

    Umfang, Kreisumfang

    длина́ окру́жностиdliná okrúžnosti, пери́метрperímetr

    окру́жністьokrúžnistʹ

    the length of the closed curve of a circle

  3. The length of the longest cycle of a graph.

  4. (obsolete)The surface of a round or spherical object.

Examples

18 sentences
  1. How is the radius calculated, when the circumference is known?

    Як підрахувати радіус, коли відома довжина кола?

    deWie berechnet man den Radius, wenn man den Umfang kennt?

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  2. Find the circumference of a circle whose area is 12 square centimeters.

    Знайдіть довжину окружності кола площею 12 квадратних сантиметрів.

    ruНайди длину окружности круга площадью 12 квадратных сантиметров.

    deFinde den Umfang eines Kreises mit einem Flächeninhalt von 12 cm².

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  3. This tree has a circumference of three metres.

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  4. How do you calculate the radius from the circumference?

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  5. The line s is tangent to the circumference described.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object:
Русский
By meaning 2
line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object:
length of such line:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object:
length of such line:

Origin

From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”). Displaced native Ol

From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”). Displaced native Old English ymbgang.

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Forms

plural: circumferences
Singularcircumference
Pluralcircumferences

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
distance measured around a race track:lapB2
distance measured around any object:girth
Close in meaning
  • the size of something as given by the distance around it:perimeter
  • the boundary line encompassing an area or object:circuit

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
circumference — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto