Both Uses
perimeter
in
Queen of Attolia
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- He stepped past the bed and went to the window and pulled aside the curtains to look down at the perimeter road.†
Chpt 1 *perimeter = the outer edge
- There was a sheer drop of fatal length into the courtyard on one side and down to the perimeter road on the other.†
Chpt 1
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)