English-Spanish translations for circumference

• circunferencia
  Finlandia tiene 314.000 kilómetros de costa, alrededor de ocho veces la circunferencia de la Tierra. Finland has 314 000 kilometres of coastline, which is about eight times the earth's circumference.
  Señor Comisario, Descartes, el gran filósofo francés nacido en mi región, el valle del Loira, dijo: El interés general es un círculo del que conocemos el centro pero desconocemos la circunferencia. Commissioner, Descartes, the great French philosopher born in my region, the Loire Valley, said: 'The general interest is a circle of which the centre is known, but the circumference is unknown'.

Definition of circumference

• The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
• The surface of a round or spherical object
• To include in a circular space; to bound

Synonyms

• girth
• lap

Related words

• circumferentor
• circumferential
• semicircumference
• circumferentiallly
• circumference of a circle