Circumference vs Umstroke - What's the difference?
circumference | umstroke |
(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.
(obsolete) The circumference or periphery of a circle.
(archaic) A boundary line, especially one at the outermost limit; an extreme edge.
*1608 , Thomas Fuller, Pisgah Sight of Palestine :
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between circumference and umstroke
is that circumference is (obsolete) the surface of a round or spherical object while umstroke is (obsolete) the circumference or periphery of a circle.As nouns the difference between circumference and umstroke
is that circumference is (geometry) the line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure while umstroke is (obsolete) the circumference or periphery of a circle.As a verb circumference
is (obsolete|transitive) to include in a circular space; to bound.circumference
English
(wikipedia circumference)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (distance measured around any object ): girth * (distance measured around a race track ): lapVerb
(circumferenc)- (Sir Thomas Browne)
umstroke
English
Noun
(en noun)- Such towns as stand, as one may say, on tiptoes on the very umstroke , or on any part of the utmost line of a map [...]