Perimeter vs Circumference - What's the difference?
perimeter | circumference |
(mathematics) The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object.
(mathematics) The length of such a boundary.
The outer limits of an area. See Synonyms at circumference.
A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position.
An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.
(geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
(geometry) The length of such a line
(obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object
(obsolete) To include in a circular space; to bound.
Circumference is a related term of perimeter.
As nouns the difference between perimeter and circumference
is that perimeter is the sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object while circumference is the line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.As a verb circumference is
to include in a circular space; to bound.perimeter
English
(wikipedia perimeter)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (given grounds) premisescircumference
English
(wikipedia circumference)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (distance measured around any object ): girth * (distance measured around a race track ): lapVerb
(circumferenc)- (Sir Thomas Browne)