Circumference - Circumference of A Circle

Circumference of A Circle

The circumference of a circle is the length around it. The term is used when measuring physical objects, as well as when considering abstract geometric forms.

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Famous quotes containing the words circumference of and/or circle:

    A fact is the end or last issue of spirit. The visible creation is the terminus or the circumference of the invisible world.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    Wise child, didst hastily return
    And mad’st thy mother’s womb thine urn.
    How summed a circle didst thou leave mankind
    Of deepest lore, could we the center find!
    Ben Jonson (1572–1637)