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circumventverb [ T ] uk â /ËsÉË.kÉmËvent/ us â /ËsÉË.kÉmËvent/ formal. âº to avoid something, especially cleverly or illegally: Ships were registered abroad to circumvent employment and safety regulations. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words.
Perimeter is the length around a shape. The length around a circle has a special name, circumference. The word circumference comes from the Latin word circum meaning around, and ferre meaning to carry. Circumference: to carry around, like a carnival ride. . . From a website created by a manufacturer of carnival rides: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~iirides/. Centuries ago, in Egypt, it was known that the length around a circle was approximately 3 times the distance across the same circle.