All 8 Uses
perimeter
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Sole Survivor
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- Uphill and at least a hundred yards to the east, the woman fled under the generously spreading boughs of stone pines clustered along the perimeter of the burial grounds, across shaded grass only lightly dappled with sunshine.†
Chpt 1.3 *perimeter = the outer edge
- Joe could have followed the road to the west end of the memorial park and then looped all the way around to the entrance at the east perimeter, but he was in a hurry and wanted to go directly back the way he had come.†
Chpt 1.4
- As they approached the impact point, he saw the fire-blackened trees along the north perimeter of the forest, which had served as backdrop to the crash-scene photograph in the Post.†
Chpt 3.10
- They pulled back so as not to disturb evidence that might help the NTSB arrive at an understanding of the cause of the disaster, and they secured the perimeter of the crash site.†
Chpt 3.10
- The secured perimeter extended to the gravel road that turned off State Highway 115, and gathered along both sides of the paved highway in that vicinity were fire trucks, black-and-whites, ambulances, drab sedans from federal and state agencies, coroners' vans, as well as scores of cars and pickups belonging to the genuinely concerned, the curious, and the ghoulish.†
Chpt 3.10
- They raced across the corner of the clearing, quickly disappearing into the trees on the northern perimeter.†
Chpt 3.10
- If their passage activated kleigs mounted high in the trees or atop the perimeter walls, the sudden dazzle would draw the pilots' attention.†
Chpt 4.15
- She thrashed through tall weeds at the perimeter of the woods and vanished in the gloom among the pines and birches.†
Chpt 4.17
Definitions:
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(1)
(perimeter) the outer edgeThe 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
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)