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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary;
[syn: margin, border, perimeter]

2. a line enclosing a plane areas;

3. the size of something as given by the distance around it;
[syn: circumference, perimeter]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Perimeter \Per*im"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ?; peri` around + ? measure:
   cf. F. p['e]rim[`e]tre.]
   1. (Geom.) The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum
      of all the sides.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the
      field of vision.
      [1913 Webster] Perimetric


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

perimeter
    n 1: the boundary line or the area immediately inside the
         boundary [syn: margin, border, perimeter]
    2: a line enclosing a plane areas
    3: the size of something as given by the distance around it
       [syn: circumference, perimeter]