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9 words match “PERIMETER”

PERIMETER n. 2 definitions
The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum of all the sides.
CROWN n.
The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.
DIDONIA n.
The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area. Tait.
ISOPERIMETRICAL a.
Having equal perimeters of circumferences; as, isoperimetrical figures or bodies.
ISOPERIMETRY n.
The science of figures having equal perimeters or boundaries.
PERI- n.
prefix used to signify around, by, near, over, beyond, or to give an intensive sense; as, perimeter, the measure around; perigee, point near the earth; periergy, work beyond what is needed; perispherical, quite spherical.
PERIMETRIC; PERIMETRICAL a.
Of or pertaining to the perimeter, or to perimetry; as, a perimetric chart of the eye.
PERIMETRY n.
The art of using the perimeter; measurement of the field of vision.
POLYGON n.
A plane figure having many angles, and consequently many sides; esp., one whose perimeter consists of more than four sides; any figure having many angles. Polygon of forces (Mech.), a polygonal figure, the sides of which, taken successively, represent, in length and direction, several forces acting simultaneously upon…