Literary notes about Circumference (AI summary)
The term "circumference" is used in literature in a variety of ways, ranging from precise mathematical descriptions to rich, metaphorical imagery. In scientific and technical contexts, authors employ it as a quantifiable measure, evident in discussions of geometry and architectural design—for example, describing the dimensions of circles in calculations or measurements such as those in [1], [2], and [3]. Equally, many writers use the term in a more figurative sense—as a metaphor for boundaries, inclusiveness, or even the infinite, as seen in descriptions that evoke the encompassing limits of cities ([4], [5], [6]) or the universal nature of existence ([7], [8], [9]). This dual use enriches its literary presence, allowing "circumference" to effectively bridge the concrete world of numbers and shapes with the abstract realms of philosophy and symbolic thought.
- The hundredth decimal of pi, the ratio of the circumference to its diameter, is predetermined ideally now, tho no one may have computed it.
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James - Example:—Oscillatory motion of the projection upon a fixed axis of a point moving uniformly upon the circumference of a circle.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The tangent at any point of a circumference is perpendicular to the radius passing through that point.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - It has a circumference of about 7 miles, and consists of the old town and numerous suburbs.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various - It measured about a hundred feet in diameter, which made about three hundred in circumference.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - Mr. Rumgudgeon, the matter stands thus: the earth, you know, is twenty-four thousand miles in circumference.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - And the heaven is the most remote circumference of the world, in which all the Divine Nature is situated.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius - Spiritual sight, x-raylike, penetrates into all matter; the divine eye is center everywhere, circumference nowhere.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - St. Augustine [691] described the nature of God as a circle whose centre was everywhere and its circumference nowhere.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson
