perimeter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: perimeter	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perimeter n the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary Synonym(s): margin, border, perimeter a line enclosing a plane areas the size of something as given by the distance around it Synonym(s): circumference, perimeter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perimeter \Perim"eter\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] around + [?] measure: cf. F. p[82]rim[8a]tre.] 1. (Geom.) The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum of all the sides. 2. An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.