PERIMETER
, in Geometry, the ambit, limit, or outer bounds of a figure; being the sum of all the lines by which it is inclosed or formed.
In circular figures, &c, instead of this term, the word circumference or periphery is used.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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