Circumference
noun
The distance around the edge of a circle or any curved shape.
The radius of the circle is half the length of the circumference.
Often appears as...
- circumference of a circle
- calculate the circumference
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Technical
noun
The outer boundary or surface of a round object or shape.
He measured the circumference of the spherical ball.
Often appears as...
- outer circumference
- inner circumference
noun
The distance around the edge of a circle or any curved shape.
The radius of the circle is half the length of the circumference.
Often appears as...
- circumference of a circle
- calculate the circumference
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The outer boundary or surface of a round object or shape.
He measured the circumference of the spherical ball.
Often appears as...
- outer circumference
- inner circumference
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Pro Tip 1/3Mathematical Context
Circumference is often used in geometry and involves calculations.
To find the circle's area, you first need its circumference.
Pro Tip 2/3Measurements Involved
When discussing circumference, expect to use units of length like meters or inches.
What's the circumference of this field in meters?
Pro Tip 3/3Circle Specifics
Circumference is specific to round shapes; don't use it for squares or rectangles.
The circumference, not the width, dictates how much fence we need.
Pro Tip 1/3Mathematical Context
Circumference is often used in geometry and involves calculations.
To find the circle's area, you first need its circumference.
Pro Tip 2/3Measurements Involved
When discussing circumference, expect to use units of length like meters or inches.
What's the circumference of this field in meters?
Pro Tip 3/3Circle Specifics
Circumference is specific to round shapes; don't use it for squares or rectangles.
The circumference, not the width, dictates how much fence we need.
Pro Tip 1/3Mathematical Context
Circumference is often used in geometry and involves calculations.
To find the circle's area, you first need its circumference.
Pro Tip 2/3Measurements Involved
When discussing circumference, expect to use units of length like meters or inches.
What's the circumference of this field in meters?
Pro Tip 3/3Circle Specifics
Circumference is specific to round shapes; don't use it for squares or rectangles.
The circumference, not the width, dictates how much fence we need.
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Stuart Firestein: The...
or my particularly favorite one, with the effect and everything, the ripples on a pond. So if you think of knowledge being this ever-expanding ripple on a pond, the important thing to realize is that our ignorance, the circumference of this knowledge, also grows with knowledge. So the knowledge generates ignorance.
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The science and...
months on end and crossed one quarter of the Earth's circumference to reach her goal and here's my favorite part she does not undergo is considerable undertaking alone the entire pod travels with her other mothers to be juvenile whales and accompanying adults who are there to help safeguard and care for the
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How Syria's architecture...
we shouldn't underestimate the way in which, by contributing to the loss of identity and self-respect, urban zoning and misguided, inhumane architecture have nurtured sectarian divisions and hatred. Over time, the united city has morphed into a city center with ghettos along its circumference.
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Michael Moschen:...
Now, what I just did was I worked with the mathematics -- the diameter and the circumference. Sometimes these pieces are mathematical, in that way that I look at a shape and say, what about if I use this and this and this. Sometimes what happens in life affects my choice
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Living with Urban Lions...
stockpile and we measured every single tusk we measured the length on the outer edge the inner edge the depth of the tusks and the circumference and that information told us about the age of the elephants that were killed and also whether they were males or females that
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Why some people find...
than people who have weaker motivations. So to test whether motivations affect our perceptual experiences in this way, we conducted a second study. Again, we gathered objective measurements of people's physical fitness, measuring the circumference of their waist
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Should we get rid of...
Our ruler can't measure the temperature outside or how loud someone is singing. Second, the ruler's usefulness depends on its design. Say you need to measure the circumference of an orange. Our ruler measures length, which is the right quantity,
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How do carbohydrates...
including high blood sugar, increased waist circumference, and high blood pressure. It increases the risk of developing conditions, like cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes. And its prevalence is rapidly increasing all over the world.
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What is obesity? - Mia...
While BMI can be a helpful estimate of healthy weight, actual body fat percentage can only really be determined by also considering information like waist circumference and muscle mass. Athletes, for instance, have a naturally higher BMI.
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Making sense of...
Root 2 simply is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with sides of a length one. Similarly, the famous irrational number pi is always equal to exactly what it represents, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
Video examples
Stuart Firestein: The...
or my particularly favorite one, with the effect and everything, the ripples on a pond. So if you think of knowledge being this ever-expanding ripple on a pond, the important thing to realize is that our ignorance, the circumference of this knowledge, also grows with knowledge. So the knowledge generates ignorance.
Video examples
The science and...
months on end and crossed one quarter of the Earth's circumference to reach her goal and here's my favorite part she does not undergo is considerable undertaking alone the entire pod travels with her other mothers to be juvenile whales and accompanying adults who are there to help safeguard and care for the
Video examples
How Syria's architecture...
we shouldn't underestimate the way in which, by contributing to the loss of identity and self-respect, urban zoning and misguided, inhumane architecture have nurtured sectarian divisions and hatred. Over time, the united city has morphed into a city center with ghettos along its circumference.
Video examples
Michael Moschen:...
Now, what I just did was I worked with the mathematics -- the diameter and the circumference. Sometimes these pieces are mathematical, in that way that I look at a shape and say, what about if I use this and this and this. Sometimes what happens in life affects my choice
Video examples
Living with Urban Lions...
stockpile and we measured every single tusk we measured the length on the outer edge the inner edge the depth of the tusks and the circumference and that information told us about the age of the elephants that were killed and also whether they were males or females that
Video examples
Why some people find...
than people who have weaker motivations. So to test whether motivations affect our perceptual experiences in this way, we conducted a second study. Again, we gathered objective measurements of people's physical fitness, measuring the circumference of their waist
Video examples
Should we get rid of...
Our ruler can't measure the temperature outside or how loud someone is singing. Second, the ruler's usefulness depends on its design. Say you need to measure the circumference of an orange. Our ruler measures length, which is the right quantity,
Video examples
How do carbohydrates...
including high blood sugar, increased waist circumference, and high blood pressure. It increases the risk of developing conditions, like cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes. And its prevalence is rapidly increasing all over the world.
Video examples
What is obesity? - Mia...
While BMI can be a helpful estimate of healthy weight, actual body fat percentage can only really be determined by also considering information like waist circumference and muscle mass. Athletes, for instance, have a naturally higher BMI.
Video examples
Making sense of...
Root 2 simply is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with sides of a length one. Similarly, the famous irrational number pi is always equal to exactly what it represents, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
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Frans de Waal
Dutch Scientist
Scientists are supposed to study animals in a totally objective fashion, similar to the way we inspect a rock or measure the circumference of a tree trunk. Emotions are not to interfere with the assessment. The animal-rights movement capitalizes on this perception, depicting scientists as devoid of compassion.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
Cast away your sloth, your lethargy, your coldness, or whatever interferes with your chaste and pure love for Christ, your soul's husband. Make Him the source, the center, and the circumference of all your soul's range of delight.
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Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
If you're put on a pedestal, you're supposed to behave yourself like a pedestal type of person. Pedestals actually have a limited circumference. Not much room to move around.
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Laura Riding
American Poet
We live on the circumference of a hollow circle. We draw the circumference, like spiders, out of ourselves: it is all criticism of criticism.
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Empedocles
Greek Philosopher
The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere.
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Blaise Pascal
French Philosopher
Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.
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Baltasar Gracian
Spanish Philosopher
One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
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Frans de Waal
Dutch Scientist
Scientists are supposed to study animals in a totally objective fashion, similar to the way we inspect a rock or measure the circumference of a tree trunk. Emotions are not to interfere with the assessment. The animal-rights movement capitalizes on this perception, depicting scientists as devoid of compassion.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
Cast away your sloth, your lethargy, your coldness, or whatever interferes with your chaste and pure love for Christ, your soul's husband. Make Him the source, the center, and the circumference of all your soul's range of delight.
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Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
If you're put on a pedestal, you're supposed to behave yourself like a pedestal type of person. Pedestals actually have a limited circumference. Not much room to move around.
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Laura Riding
American Poet
We live on the circumference of a hollow circle. We draw the circumference, like spiders, out of ourselves: it is all criticism of criticism.
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Empedocles
Greek Philosopher
The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere.
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Blaise Pascal
French Philosopher
Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.
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Baltasar Gracian
Spanish Philosopher
One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
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