Circumference vs. Girth

By Jaxson

  • Circumference

    In geometry, the circumference (from Latin circumferentia, meaning “carrying around”) of a circle is the (linear) distance around it. That is, the circumference would be the length of the circle if it were opened up and straightened out to a line segment. Since a circle is the edge (boundary) of a disk, circumference is a special case of perimeter. The perimeter is the length around any closed figure and is the term used for most figures excepting the circle and some circular-like figures such as ellipses.

    Informally, “circumference” may also refer to the edge itself rather than to the length of the edge.

Wikipedia
  • Circumference (noun)

    The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure

  • Circumference (noun)

    The length of such a line

  • Circumference (noun)

    The surface of a round or spherical object

  • Circumference (noun)

    The length of the longest cycle of a graph

  • Circumference (verb)

    To include in a circular space; to bound.

  • Girth (noun)

    A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle in place.

  • Girth (noun)

    The part of an animal around which the girth fits.

  • Girth (noun)

    One’s waistline circumference, most often a large one.

  • Girth (noun)

    A small horizontal brace or girder.

  • Girth (noun)

    The distance measured around an object.

  • Girth (noun)

    The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.

  • Girth (verb)

    To bind as if with a girth or band.

Wiktionary
  • Circumference (noun)

    the enclosing boundary of a curved geometric figure, especially a circle.

  • Circumference (noun)

    the distance around something

    “babies who have small head circumferences”

    “a rope two inches in circumference”

  • Girth (noun)

    the measurement around the middle of something, especially a person’s waist

    “an ivy-clad tree of immense girth”

    “a pike with a girth of 24 inches”

    “idle men of great girth”

  • Girth (noun)

    a person’s waist or stomach, especially when large

    “he tied the knotted towels around his girth”

  • Girth (noun)

    a band attached to a saddle and fastened around a horse’s belly to keep the saddle in place.

  • Girth (verb)

    surround; encircle

    “the four seas that girth Britain”

Oxford Dictionary
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