Usually means: Boundary length around a shape.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word perimeter:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. perimeter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. perimeter, the perimeter: Merriam-Webster
  3. perimeter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. perimeter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. perimeter: Collins English Dictionary
  6. perimeter: Vocabulary.com
  7. Perimeter, perimeter: Wordnik
  8. perimeter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. perimeter: Wiktionary
  10. perimeter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. perimeter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. perimeter: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. perimeter: Dictionary.com
  14. perimeter: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. perimeter: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Perimeter (Atlanta), Perimeter (disambiguation), Perimeter (video game), Perimeter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Perimeter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. perimeter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. perimeter: Rhymezone
  20. Perimeter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. perimeter: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. perimeter: FreeDictionary.org
  23. perimeter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. perimeter: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. perimeter: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. perimeter: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. perimeter: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. perimeter: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. perimeter: Sound Alike Words
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. perimeter: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Perimeter: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. perimeter, perimeter: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Perimeter: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sports Terms (No longer online)
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (mathematics) The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object.
noun:  (mathematics) The length of such a boundary.
noun:  The outer limits of an area.
noun:  A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position.
noun:  An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.

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