perimeter
/pɪˈɹɪm.ɪ.tə/US/pəˈɹɪm.ɪ.təɹ/
perimeter noun: the sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object.
Noun
perimeter (plural perimeters)
- The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object.
- The length of such a boundary.
- The outer limits of an area.
- In 1977, Papa Wemba decided to change the name of his housing tract, in the outskirts of Kinshasa, to Village Molokai,² of which he declared himself traditional chief. Then, within this perimeter, he advocated a clothing style that featured, among its distinctions, a beret, and that went along with...2002, Frank Tenaille, translated by Steven Toussaint and Hope Sandrine, Music Is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music, Chicago, IL: Lawrence Hill Books, →ISBN, page 182
- Assuming her daughter had gone inside to escape the rain, she asked the store clerk if Jo-Anne was waiting inside. The clerk answered that she was no longer there. Visibly panicked, both split up and began scouring the parking lot and the building’s perimeter. They checked behind the store, trash...2026 July 25, Nicholas Muhoro, “The Last Call of Jo-Anne Pedersen, the Girl Who Vanished From a Payphone”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2026
- Synonyms:
- circumference, premises
- A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position.
- An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.
perimeter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
perimeter in Hindi
- sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object
- परिमाप parimāp
- length of such a boundary
- परिमाप parimāp, परिधि paridhi
- outer limits of an area
- परिधि paridhi
- fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position
- परिधि paridhi
perimeter in Tamil
- sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object
- சுற்றளவு cuṟṟaḷavu
- length of such a boundary
- சுற்றளவு cuṟṟaḷavu
- outer limits of an area
- சுற்றளவு cuṟṟaḷavu
perimeter in Marathi
- perimeter
- परिमिती parimitī
perimeter in Bengali
- পরিধি, সীমানা
More languagesFewer languages
- perimeter in Telugu
- చుట్టుకొలత
- perimeter in Malayalam
- ചുറ്റളവ് cuṟṟaḷavŭ
- perimeter in Kannada
- ಸುತ್ತಳತೆ suttaḷate
- perimeter in Gujarati
- પરિમિતિ, પરિધિ
- perimeter in Nepali
- परिधि
- perimeter in Tagalog
- perimetro
- perimeter in Arabic
- مُحِيط muḥīṭ
- perimeter in Persian
- محیط mohit
- perimeter in Vietnamese
- chu vi
Examples of perimeter in a sentence
- Then, within this perimeter, he advocated a clothing style that featured, among its distinctions, a beret, and that went along with a way of walking, talking, and behaving toward others.2002, Frank Tenaille, translated by Steven Toussaint and Hope Sandrine, Music Is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular...
- Visibly panicked, both split up and began scouring the parking lot and the building’s perimeter.2026 July 25, Nicholas Muhoro, “The Last Call of Jo-Anne Pedersen, the Girl Who Vanished From a Payphone”, in Skip Boring, archived from...
Synonyms of perimeter
Forms of perimeter
| plural | perimeters |
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Origin of perimeter
From Latin perimetros, Ancient Greek περίμετρος (perímetros). Equivalent to peri- + meter.
Words formed from perimeter
Phrases with perimeter
Questions about perimeter
- What does perimeter mean?
- Perimeter means the sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object.
- What is perimeter in Hindi?
- Perimeter in Hindi is परिमाप (parimāp), परिधि (paridhi). See Perimeter meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use perimeter in a sentence?
- Then, within this perimeter, he advocated a clothing style that featured, among its distinctions, a beret, and that went along with a way of walking, talking, and behaving toward others.
- What part of speech is perimeter?
- Perimeter is a noun.
- How do you pronounce perimeter?
- Perimeter is pronounced /pɪˈɹɪm.ɪ.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of perimeter?
- The plural of perimeter is perimeters.
Words near perimeter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: perimeter (page history and authors); परिमिती (Marathi) (page history and authors); perimeter (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perimeter (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); perimeter (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); perimeter (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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