The circumference of a circle is the exact same distance from the middle of the circle all the way around. From LearnThat.org.
He had walked the full circumference of his land. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The opening was about fifty feet in circumference, and easily the same depth. From Wordnik.com. [Six Months in Mexico] Reference
I suppose the gardens altogether are not above one mile in circumference (209-10). close window. From Wordnik.com. [Notes] Reference
They would be from eighteen to twenty-one feet in circumference, and stand forty feet in height. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Some of them were thirty or forty feet in circumference at the base, and seven or eight feet high. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Rocky Mountains] Reference
Memphis, one hundred and fifty furlongs in circumference, displayed the magnificence of ancient kings. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Also, that even at low BMI, a higher waist circumference translates into a greater burden on the health care system. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
The circumference is lined by the baggage and the men, while the chief's station is in the center, whether he occupy. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
The big-tree grove is eight miles long; the largest tree measures 123 ft. in circumference twelve feet from the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Californian Wonders] Reference
The lake is very deep, so that boats have sailed on it, and several miles in circumference, with a rivulet flowing from it. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country] Reference
Delhi: "The city is about seven miles in circumference" (200) and "the streets are, in general, narrow" (207). close window. From Wordnik.com. [Notes] Reference
Once more being on almost level ground, we soon passed the desert, fifteen miles in circumference, surrounding the mountain. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton] Reference
27 kilometers in circumference, 175 meters underground. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
Oolong Atoll was one hundred and forty miles in circumference. From Wordnik.com. ["Yah! Yah! Yah!"] Reference
Around the circumference was a legend engraved in hieroglyphics. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
The length of the curve (that is, the circumference of the circle) is. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
She weighed 7 lbs 3 oz, was 20 inches long, with a head 13 inches in circumference. From Wordnik.com. [Minnow's birth story (part 2)] Reference
The circumference is the world of Europe, wherever the race of Europe may be settled. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12)] Reference
At full size the titan can reach 9 and a half feet tall and 10 feet in circumference. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
The enormous crater is a lake of liquid fire, from six to nine miles in circumference. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Golden Deeds] Reference
Here you'll find at least 70 natural "megaspherulites" up to 10.5 meters in circumference. From Wordnik.com. [The remarkable road to San Marcos, Jalisco] Reference
Speared another large albacore, which measured 4 feet long and 2 feet 9 inches in circumference. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.] Reference
At its peak, it's said that 16,000 men worked there, with walls that were 2 miles in circumference. From Wordnik.com. [Veniceblog:] Reference
It is a symbol of the universe, the sun being represented by the point, while the circumference is the universe. From Wordnik.com. [The Symbolism of Freemasonry] Reference
The tree on the hill stands thirty feet tall now, topping all others, and has a trunk two feet in circumference. From Wordnik.com. [Gene Stratton-Porter: A Little Story of The Life and Work and Ideals of "The Bird Woman"] Reference
Near this island lies an islet eight leguas in circumference, which is densely populated by natives who are all carpenters. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Philippine Islands] Reference
This is a most amazing spot, especially when it is considered that one temple alone is more than three miles in circumference. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World in 34 Days] Reference
(or about 70 with the plinth and abacus), and measure 34 feet 6 inches in circumference. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Miles Up the Nile] Reference
Therefore the "circumference" of Earth's orbit (the path) is approximately 2 π R or nearly 940,000,000 km (580,000,000 mi) around. From Wordnik.com. [Mainspring - orbital dynamics] Reference
Its circumference is about thirty miles. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
SW direction when we came to a Lake about 12 Mls in circumference which is the head spring of the right branch of Lewis fork. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Trapper] Reference
It was 600 miles in circumference. From Wordnik.com. [Corrections and clarifications] Reference
All the logs were two meters in circumference. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
"circumference", whereas we cannot determine the value of. From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
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