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perimeter

Line drawn around the edge of an area or shape. For example, the perimeter of a rectangle is the sum of the lengths of its four sides; the perimeter of a circle is known as its circumference.



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Obviously the measurements of a single angle would no longer be sufficient under such portentous circumstances; one's whole life would be taken up in feeling or surveying the perimeter of one's acquaintances.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
Monseigneur has bought a sphere or globe, which I shall show you; it fills all the perimeter of the great tower, except a gallery which he has had built over the sphere: there are little strings and brass wires to which the sun and moon are hooked.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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