Definition of Circumference
Circumference
The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.
A circle; anything circular.
The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.
To include in a circular space; to bound.
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Circumference Quotations
Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.
Blaise Pascal
One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
Baltasar Gracian
We live on the circumference of a hollow circle. We draw the circumference, like spiders, out of ourselves: it is all criticism of criticism.
Laura Riding
The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere.
Empedocles
Circumference Translations
circumference in Danish is omfang
circumference in Italian is volume
circumference in Norwegian is periferi
circumference in Swedish is omkrets
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