Cir‐cum″fer‐ence (?), n. [L. circumferentia.]
1. The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery. Millon.
2. A circle; anything circular.
His ponderous shield...
Behind him cast. The broad circumference
Hung on his shoulders like the moon.
Milton.
3. The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.