Definition of Perimeters

1. Noun. (plural of perimeter) ¹

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Definition of Perimeters

1. perimeter [n] - See also: perimeter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perimeters

perilunes
perilymph
perilympha
perilymphangial
perilymphangitis
perilymphatic
perilymphatic duct
perilymphatic space
perilymphs
perimammary
perimembranous
perimeningitis
perimenopausal
perimeter
perimeters (current term)
perimetric
perimetrical
perimetrically
perimetries
perimetritic
perimetritis
perimetrium
perimetry
perimicrobial
perimidine
perimidines
perimolysis
perimorph
perimorphic

Literary usage of Perimeters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Special Or Elementary Geometry by Edward Olney (1879)
"Let a, 5, e, d, etc., and A, B, C, D, etc., be the homologous sides of two similar polygons whose perimeters are p and P; then p : P : : a : A : : b : B ..."

2. A Treatise on Special Or Elementary Geometry by Edward Olney (1882)
"OF perimeters AND THE RECTIFICATION OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE. 3G8. The Rectification of a curve is the process of finding its length ..."

3. A Treatise on Special Or Elementary Geometry: Including an Elementary, and by Edward Olney (1879)
"The perimeters of similar polygons are to each other as their homologous sides, and as their corresponding diagonals. DEM.—Let a, b, c, d, etc., and A, B, ..."

4. A Text-book of Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1894)
"Of all triangles having the same base and equal perimeters, the isosceles triangle is the ... and ADB have equal perimeters, and let the A ACB be isosceles. ..."

5. An Elementary Treatise on Plane and Solid Geometry by Benjamin Peirce (1873)
"The perimeters of similar polygons are as their homologous sides. Proof. From the definition of § 170, the similar polygons ABCD &c. (fig. ..."

6. The Elements of Geometry by George Bruce Halsted (1886)
"CHAPTER II. RATIO OF ANY CIRCLE TO ITS DIAMETER. PROBLEM I. 794. Given, the perimeters of a regular inscribed and a similar ..."

7. Plane Geometry: I. Abridged and Applied. II. College Preparatory by Matilda Auerbach, Charles Burton Walsh (1920)
"perimeters OF REGULAR POLYGONS 700. Construct a regular hexagon whose perimeter is f of the perimeter of a given regular hexagon. In the proofs that follow, ..."

8. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1873)
"... forming thereby other two triangles ; then the perimeter of the greatest of these three triangles is equal to the sum of the perimeters of the other two ..."

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