Origin: 1300-1400 Old French Latin circumferentia, from circumferre to carry around, from circum- ( ➔ CIRCUM-) + ferre to carry
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COLLOCATIONS►in circumference
The cable is 1 meter in circumference.
1math, geometry the distance measured around the outside of a circle or any round shape: the circumference of the Earth The cable is 1 meter in circumference.2the measurement around the outside of any shape: The island is only 9 miles in circumference.—circumferential /sɚˌkʌmfəˈrɛnʃəl/ adjective