Circumference - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: circumferenceSemi circumference
Half of a circumference...
hodometer
A device for measuring the length of a path consisting of a wheel of known circumference attached to a rod held in the hand and pushed along a surface which is usually the ground or a floor The number of times the wheel makes a complete circle multiplied by the circumference is a measure of the length of the path traversed It may be used to measure distances on curved as well as straight paths A variant which registers the miles and rods traversed is sometimes used by surveyors...
Breasting
The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel See Breast wheel...
Brush wheel
A wheel without teeth used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference...
Cablet
A little cable less than ten inches in circumference...
Center
A point equally distant from the extremities of a line figure or body or from all parts of the circumference of a circle the middle point or place...
Circumference
To include in a circular space to bound...
Circumferential
Pertaining to the circumference encompassing encircling circuitous...
Conic
Having the form of or resembling a geometrical cone round and tapering to a point or gradually lessening in circumference as a conic or conical figure a conical vessel...
Dimension
Measure in a single line as length breadth height thickness or circumference extension measurement usually in the plural measure in length and breadth or in length breadth and thickness extent size as the dimensions of a room or of a ship the dimensions of a farm of a kingdom...
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