/seuhr kum"feuhr euhns/ , n.
1. the outer boundary, esp. of a circular area; perimeter: the circumference of a circle.
2. the length of such a boundary: a one-mile circumference.
3. the area within a bounding line: the vast circumference of his mind.
[ 1350-1400; ME circumferentia, equiv. to circum- CIRCUM- + fer- (s. of ferre to carry) + -entia -ENCE ]
Syn. 1. periphery, circuit.