perimeter

perimeter
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. periphery, circumference, outline, contour; outside, border, boundary, limit; edge, rim, hem, margin, fringe. See circuit.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. margin, outline, border; see boundary , edge 1 .
See Synonym Study at circumference .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
border, periphery, circumference, boundary, limit, outline, skirt, rim, edge.
ANT.: center, middle
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A line around a closed figure or area: ambit, circuit, circumference, compass, periphery. See EDGE. 2. Chiefly Military. A fairly narrow line or space forming a boundary: border, borderline, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, margin, periphery, rim, verge. See EDGE.

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