Circumference
Circumference noun - The distance around a round body.
Usage example: the circumference of the earth at the equator
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Synonyms for Circumference
Diameter and circumference are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Diameter" instead a noun "Circumference".
Nearby Word: circumferential
Diameter
Diameter noun - The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
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Synonyms for Diameter
Circumference and diameter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Circumference" instead a noun "Diameter".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- extension and circumference
- extension and diameter
- area and circumference
- area and diameter
- extent and circumference
- extent and diameter
- orbit and circumference
- orbit and diameter
- range and circumference
- range and diameter
- limit and circumference
- limit and diameter
- size and circumference
- size and diameter
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Both words in one sentence
- The ratio of circumference and diameter of circle is not fixed in non-Euclidean geometry, but it converges to pi (with its regular value) for small radius.
Source: Oxymoronic Being - Just 42 digits is accurate enough to calculate the circumference of the sun given its diameter to within the width of a proton.
- The circumference is equal to pi times the diameter, Pie is everywhere, circles are everywhere, pi is everywhere, earth has a diameter, circles need diameters, so Earth is a circle!
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