perimeter

English

Etymology

From Latin perimetros, Ancient Greek περίμετρος (perímetros). Equivalent to peri- +‎ meter.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pərĭm'ĭtər
  • (Received Pronunciation, India) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɪm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/

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  • (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɪm.ɪ.tɚ/, [pəˈɹɪm.ɪ.ɾɚ]
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɪm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/, [pəˈɹɪm.ɪ.ɾə(ɹ)], /ˈpɹɪm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪmɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

perimeter (plural perimeters)

1. (mathematics) The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object.
2. (mathematics) The length of such a boundary.
3. The outer limits of an area.

   See synonyms at circumference.

   • 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:

     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 a way of walking, talking, and behaving toward others.

4. A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position.
5. An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.

Synonyms

• (mathematics): circumference

Synonyms

• (given grounds): premises

Derived terms

• perimeter check
• perimeter fence
• perimetric, perimetrical
• perimetrically

 

Translations

sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object

• Arabic: مُحِيط (ar) m (muḥīṭ)
• Armenian: պարագիծ (hy) (paragic)
• Belarusian: перы́метр m (pjerýmjetr), пэры́мэтар m (perýmetar)
• Bulgarian: обико́лка (bg) f (obikólka), периме́тър (bg) m (perimétǎr)
• Catalan: perímetre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 周邊／周边 (zh) (zhōubiān)

• Czech: obvod (cs) m
• Danish: omkreds c
• Dutch: omtrek (nl) m, perimeter (nl) m
• Finnish: kehä (fi)
• French: périmètre (fr) m
• Galician: perímetro (gl) m
• Georgian: პერიმეტრი (ṗerimeṭri)
• German: Umfang (de) m
• Greek: περίμετρος (el) f (perímetros)

  Ancient: περίμετρος f (perímetros)

• Hindi: परिमाप m (parimāp)
• Hungarian: kerület (hu)
• Icelandic: ummál (is) m
• Italian: perimetro (it) m
• Japanese: 周囲 (ja) (しゅうい, shūi)
• Korean: 둘레 (ko) (dulle), 주위(周圍) (ko) (juwi)
• Macedonian: периме́тар m (perimétar)
• Malayalam: ചുറ്റളവ് (ml) (cuṟṟaḷavŭ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omkrets (no) m

• Persian: محیط (fa) (mohit)
• Polish: obwód (pl) m
• Portuguese: perímetro (pt) m
• Romanian: perimetru (ro) n
• Russian: пери́метр (ru) m (perímetr)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̏псе̄г m, о̀бим m

  Roman: ȍpsēg (sh) m, òbim (sh) m

• Slovak: obvod m
• Slovene: obseg (sl) m
• Spanish: perímetro (es) m
• Swedish: omkrets (sv) c
• Tagalog: perimetro
• Ukrainian: пери́метр m (perýmetr)
• Vietnamese: chu vi (vi)

length of such a boundary

• Catalan: perímetre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 周長／周长 (zh) (zhōucháng)

• Dutch: omtrek (nl), perimeter (nl), omgeving (nl) f
• French: périmètre (fr) m
• Galician: perímetro (gl) m
• German: Umfang (de)
• Hungarian: kerület (hu)
• Japanese: 周囲長 (しゅういちょう, shūichō)
• Kannada: ಸುತ್ತಳತೆ (kn) (suttaḷate)
• Portuguese: perímetro (pt) m
• Russian: пери́метр (ru) m (perímetr)
• Tagalog: perimetro

outer limits of an area

• Bulgarian: въ́ншна гра́ница f (vǎ́nšna gránica)
• Danish: perimeter (da) c, omkreds c
• Finnish: ulkoreuna, reuna (fi)
• German: Umfang (de)
• Icelandic: jaðar (is)
• Malayalam: ചുറ്റളവ് (ml) (cuṟṟaḷavŭ)
• Portuguese: perímetro (pt) m
• Tagalog: perimetro

fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position

• Bulgarian: периме́тър (bg) m (perimétǎr)
• Danish: perimeter (da) c, omkreds c
• Galician: perímetro (gl) m
• Portuguese: perímetro (pt) m

Anagrams

• peritreme