What is another word for circumferences?

Pronunciation: [sɜːkˈʌmfɹənsɪz] (IPA)

Circumference refers to the boundary of an object, usually a circle, a sphere, or a curved shape. However, there are several synonyms for the word 'circumference' that can be used in different contexts. Some of the words that can be used instead of the circumferences are border, perimeter, rim, edge, outline, and boundary. Each of these words describes a different aspect of an object's outer boundary. Border is often used to describe a region's boundary, while perimeter refers to the length of a two-dimensional object's boundary. Rim describes the edge of a wheel or a similar object, while edge refers to the outer part of something. Outline and boundary describe a general boundary or the limit of a surface.

What are the hypernyms for Circumferences?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Circumferences

He would have suffered nationally, but he has now and then to suffer so still, for they cannot have the same measure of his nationality as he, and they necessarily tread upon its subtile circumferences here and there.
"London Films"
W.D. Howells
She held up her bit of paper as she spoke, scrawled over with intersecting circles and arcs and ellipses, against whose curves and circumferences she had written names: Marchbanks, Hadden, Goldthwaite, Holabird.
"We Girls: A Home Story"
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
Their circumferences approach or intersect each other-so that, in fact, the whole country is under a network of them.
"The Boy Hunters"
Captain Mayne Reid

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