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? — deniko

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

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

    Знайдіть довжину окружності кола площею 12 квадратних сантиметрів. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

    ruНайди длину окружности круга площадью 12 квадратных сантиметров. — Ooneykcall · CC BY 2.0 FR

    deFinde den Umfang eines Kreises mit einem Flächeninhalt von 12 cm². — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

  3. This tree has a circumference of three metres.

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

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

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.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

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

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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