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Plural of circumference

regular plural

The plural of circumference is circumferences.

Forms of circumference

Singularcircumference /sɜːˈkʌmfɹəns/
Pluralcircumferences
Countablecountable

Circumferences in a sentence

  • This works because tape packs with equal diameters also have equal circumferences, therefore the distance the tape on each deck travels when backwound from the edit point is the same.1978, Educational & Industrial Television, volume 10, page 138. From the entry backwind

Meaning of circumference

  1. noun The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
  2. noun The length of such a line.
  3. noun The surface of a round or spherical object.

Full definition of circumference

Questions about the plural of circumference

What is the plural of circumference?
The plural of circumference is circumferences.
Is circumference countable?
Circumference is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: circumference (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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