perimeter
nounUK /pɪˈɹɪm.ɪ.tə/ · CA, US /pəˈɹɪm.ɪ.təɹ/
Etymology From Latin perimetros, Ancient Greek περίμετρος (perímetros). Equivalent to peri- + meter.
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Mathematics, Sciences The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object.
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Mathematics, Sciences The length of such a boundary.
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The outer limits of an area.
- In 1977, Papa Wemba decided to change the name of his housing tract, in the outskirts of Kinshasa, to Village Molokai,² of which he declared himself traditional chief. Then, within this perimeter, he advocated a clothing style that featured, among its distinctions, a beret, and that went along with a way of walking, talking, and behaving toward others.2002, Frank Tenaille, translated by Steven Toussaint and Hope Sandrine, Music Is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music, Chicago, IL: Lawrence Hill Books, →ISBN, page 182:
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A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position.
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An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.
- Synonyms
- circumference, premises