perimeter
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The perimeter, the buffer around the perimeter has been expanded.
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- noun Mathematics A closed curve bounding a plane area.
- noun Mathematics The length of such a boundary.
- noun The outer limits of an area. See Synonyms at circumference.
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The perimeter, the buffer around the perimeter has been expanded.
— CNN Transcript Mar 18, 2003 -
KOLENDA: Actually inside what we call our perimeter.
— CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2007 -
So the perimeter is your standard police yellow tape that is going across.
— CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2006 -
HUTTO: Actually inside what we call our perimeter, the heskos (ph) themselves.
— CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2007 - Inside the perimeter was a heterogeneous collection of soldiery: a small detachment of the Royal Mendips, of which I formed part; several squads of 26th Indian Division, comprising both British and Indian troops; some sinister Dutchmen belonging to PEA Force; and a few other odd bods, including some Japanese troops, who were too useful for nasty jobs to be sent home to Nippon, and a solitary Chinese major who spent his days searching for unmarked Chinese graves. — A Rude Awakening
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- Middle English perimetre, from Latin perimetros, from Greek : peri-, peri- + metron, measure; see meter2.
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/ (pə-rĭmˈĭ-tər)/
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