Sample sentences for PERIMETER

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Definition

the outer edge

The exact meaning of perimeter can depend upon its context. For example:

"Stay inside the defensive perimeter." — the outer edges of the area that is defended
"It is common on the city's perimeter." — the outer edges of the city
"What is the perimeter of the square?" — the sum of the length of the sides of a geometric shape

Don't go beyond the perimeter of the campgrounds.

perimeter = outer edges

What is the perimeter of the triangle?.

perimeter = sum of the length of the sides of a geometric shape

Build a fence along the perimeter of the yard.

perimeter = outer edges

He unearthed several shovelfuls of dirt in this manner, before it occurred to him that he was dumping his dirt within the perimeter of his hole.
Louis Sachar -- Holes

perimeter = boundary (outer edge)

Bunker Six, a pile of sandbags at the southwest corner of the perimeter.
Tim O'Brien -- The Things They Carried

perimeter = the outer edge of a defended area

He was standing there checking the perimeter when the boy turned and buried his face against him.
Cormac McCarthy -- The Road

perimeter = the outer edge

The perimeter of the camp was marked by intricate patterns of barbed wire barriers.
Walter Dean Myers -- Fallen Angels

perimeter = the outer edge

Festus the dragon sniffed around the perimeter of the cabins, occasionally blowing fire into the sky for no apparent reason.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
I didn't go far, just around the perimeter of the neat yard in a slow shuffle, watching the sky, clear now, a billion stars spread across it.
Ransom Riggs -- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Get your food from the outside perimeter of the supermarket and try to avoid the middle aisles.
Michael Pollan -- The Omnivore's Dilemma
The coaches had taken one look at him and told him he wasn't a perimeter player—that he wasn't Michael Jordan.
Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side
Dust swirled around them, and lightning still flashed from the perimeter of the pit, but it seemed almost silent after the earthquake.
Scott Westerfeld -- The Secret Hour
Movement on the perimeter surrounding them caught his attention, and he watched carefully what was happening with the large white pods.
James Dashner -- The Scorch Trials
"Perimeter is secure" had become his new favorite catchphrase.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Guardian
A third of its perimeter is coastline.
Christina Baker Kline -- Orphan Train
And at the perimeter of this boneyard lies one much larger skeleton: that of the moose he shot, and subsequently agonized over.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
Now it's commandeered for a tented barracks; soldiers with machine guns patrol the perimeter.
Allan Stratton -- Chandra's Wars
He now noticed that behind the circle of adults, others had emerged, spaced equally around the entire perimeter.
William P. Young -- The Shack
Who knows what Valentine's got patrolling his perimeter?
Cassandra Clare -- City of Bones
All around the perimeter.
Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor

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