Both Uses of
circumference
in
The War of the Worlds
- It was such a gradual movement that he discovered it only through noticing that a black mark that had been near him five minutes ago was now at the other side of the circumference.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- This little group had in its advance dragged inward, so to speak, the circumference of the now almost complete circle of people, and a number of dim black figures followed it at discreet distances.†
Chpt 1.5
Definition:
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(circumference) the boundary or the length of the boundary around a circle