Cir*cum"fer*ence (?), n. [L. circumferentia.]
1. The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.
Millon.
2. A circle; anything circular.
His ponderous shield . . .
Behind him cast. The broad circumference
Hung on his shoulders like the moon.
Milton.
3. The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.
© Webster 1913.
Cir*cum"fer*ence, v. t. To include in a circular space; to bound. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
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