Width vs. Circumference — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Width and Circumference
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Width
The measurement or extent of something from side to side; the lesser of two or the least of three dimensions of a body
The yard was about seven feet in width
Circumference
In geometry, the circumference (from Latin circumferens, meaning "carrying around") is the perimeter of a circle or ellipse. That is, the circumference would be the arc length of the circle, as if it were opened up and straightened out to a line segment.
Width
Wide range or extent
The width of experience required for these positions
Circumference
The enclosing boundary of a curved geometric figure, especially a circle.
Width
The state, quality, or fact of being wide.
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Circumference
The boundary line of a circle.
Width
Abbr. w The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
Circumference
The boundary line of an area or object.
Width
A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension or its crosswise grain, especially a piece of fabric measured from selvage to selvage.
Circumference
Abbr. c or circ. The length of such a line.
Width
The state of being wide.
Circumference
The margin or area surrounding something.
Width
The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
Circumference
(geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure Category:en:Curves
Width
A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric.
Circumference
(geometry) The length of such a line
Width
(cricket) The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.
Circumference
(obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object
Width
(sports) The use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other.
Manchester United like to play with width.
Circumference
(graph theory) The length of the longest cycle of a graph
Width
The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.
Circumference
To include in a circular space; to bound.
Width
The extent of something from side to side
Circumference
The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.
Circumference
A circle; anything circular.
His ponderous shield . . .Behind him cast. The broad circumferenceHung on his shoulders like the moon.
Circumference
The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.
Circumference
To include in a circular space; to bound.
Circumference
The size of something as given by the distance around it
Circumference
The length of the closed curve of a circle
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