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circumference

Syllabification: (cir·cum·fer·ence)

(abbreviation: cir., circ., or circum.)

Definition of circumference

the enclosing boundary of a curved geometric figure, especially a circle.
the distance around something:babies who have small head circumferences two inches in circumference

Derivatives

late Middle English: from Old French circonference, from Latin circumferentia, from circum 'around, about' + ferre 'carry, bear'

Remember that the second part of circumference has three e's in it: -ference.

Definition of circumference in the British & World English dictionary

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