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PERIMETER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The size of something as given by the distance around it
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("perimeter" is a kind of...):
size (the physical magnitude of something (how big it is))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perimeter"):
girth (the distance around a person's body)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A line enclosing a plane areas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("perimeter" is a kind of...):
line (a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("perimeter" is a kind of...):
bound; boundary; edge (a line determining the limits of an area)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perimeter"):
lip (either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell)
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