All 16 Uses
perimeter
in
The Maelstrom, by Neff
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- For one, they'd obviously had little training, as evidenced by their sloppy perimeter and the fact that most were out of breath.†
Chpt 1 *perimeter = the outer edge
- Seven living rowan trees were spaced evenly about the perimeter, each pair flanking an illuminated case.†
Chpt 1
- Long, low buildings and colorful tents lined the perimeter, surrounding archery ranges, sparring pits, and open-air smithies.†
Chpt 4
- Walking around the pit's perimeter, he approached the refugees.†
Chpt 4
- With unblinking concentration, Mina set to pouring the beaker's fine grains so that they filled up the circle about the hexagram's perimeter.†
Chpt 5
- Setting down the powder, he placed white candles about the circle's perimeter.†
Chpt 5
- A second footprint appeared, slow and cautious, as though whatever was in the circle was creeping about its perimeter.†
Chpt 5
- Skeedle's poor mules had dragged the wagon down to the water's edge and stood braying in the shallows while dark figures raced about the house's perimeter.†
Chpt 8
- They fell about the room's perimeter, shattering like little icicles.†
Chpt 10
- An eerie dance took place as the malakhim galloped through the gate and rode about the courtyard's perimeter with their torches and swords.†
Chpt 10
- Spectator stands had been cleared away to accommodate trenches along the perimeter while Monsieur Renard's beloved turf had been trampled into a muddy morass.†
Chpt 13
- There was a stamp and clash, the clink of mail and the thump of boots as the units fell into single-file lines and began to jog about the field's perimeter.†
Chpt 13
- Even now, one of them moved, as though brushed aside by something circling the tent's perimeter.†
Chpt 14
- A score of the Trench Rats were in a perimeter about him to keep curious onlookers at bay.†
Chpt 14
- The battle-scarred captain was crouched within the guard's perimeter, leaning on his sword and eyeing his commander warily.†
Chpt 14
- Some were armored and mounted on horseback; others wore Mystics' robes and were positioned in a perimeter around the illuminated fountain.†
Chpt 15
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)