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circumference

[ser-kuhm-fer-uhns] / sərˈkʌm fər əns /


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Waist circumference is much easier to measure and is increasingly included in clinical guidelines, according to the researchers.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

Using either BMI or waist circumference provided a better balance between correctly identifying people with obesity and avoiding false-positive diagnoses.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

Researchers also measured body weight, waist circumference, body composition, and fasting levels of several hormones involved in appetite regulation.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

And it was a nerve-shredding putt from inside three feet that travelled most of the circumference of the hole before dropping that deservedly saw Korda home.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

The octagon P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 is inscribed in a circle, with the vertices around the circumference in the given order.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

The helmets are marked as large, for head circumferences between 22.5 to 25 inches.

From Washington Times Mar. 10, 2023

Drips are indulged, or even encouraged, and rings of painted dots often trace the circumferences of larger orbs.

From Washington Post Dec. 30, 2022

During an inspection Dec. 15, Sampson observed “numerous” branches with 2- to 8-inch circumferences that were severed by the aerial saw and allowed to fall from 150 feet above, according to the violation notice.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 2, 2022

A meager set is a set contained in the countable union of nowhere dense sets, such as the circumference of a circle in the plane, or finitely or countably many such circumferences.

From Scientific American Aug. 16, 2021

She held up her bit of paper as she spoke, scrawled over with intersecting circles and arcs and ellipses, against whose curves and circumferences she had written names: Marchbanks, Hadden, Goldthwaite, Holabird.

From We Girls: a Home Story by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney




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