perimeter
pronunciation
How to pronounce perimeter in British English:
UK [pəˈrɪmɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce perimeter in American English:
US [pəˈrɪmɪtər]
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- Noun:
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- a line enclosing a plane areas
- the size of something as given by the distance around it
Word Origin
- perimeter (n.)
- early 15c., "line around a figure or surface," from Latin perimetros, from Greek perimetron "circumference," from peri- "around" (see peri-) + metron "measure" (see meter (n.2)). Military sense of "boundary of a defended position" is attested from 1943.
Example
- 1. The number of services to destinations outside the perimeter will increase by two-thirds .
- 2. Senator john mccain of arizona introduced an unsuccessful bill to repeal the perimeter rule in 2009 .
- 3. Costumes from the movies are on display along the outside perimeter .
- 4. The dust was especially thick along the western perimeter of the desert .
- 5. Now , we just modify the function by saying that we want the ones where the perimeter is 24 .