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circumference

[ser-kuhm-fer-uhns] / sərˈkʌm fər əns /


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A 2024 review found that intermittent fasting may be associated with small reductions in waist circumference and fat mass in people who are overweight or obese.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

That approach combines BMI, waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio and waist-to-hip ratio.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

Hip circumference, which is needed for one of the measurements in the proposed framework, is rarely recorded during routine clinical visits.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

Men qualified for the study if their waist circumference was greater than 40 inches, while women were eligible if their waist circumference exceeded 35 inches.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

It had what looked like rays of light bursting out of a roaring tyrannosaurus in the center, and the words “K of the G C” were scrawled around the circumference.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

The helmets are marked as large, for head circumferences between 22.5 to 25 inches.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2023

Helmet sizes are measured by head circumference, and helmets usually come with adjustable dials to accommodate a range of circumferences.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2022

During an inspection Dec. 15, Sampson observed “numerous” branches with 2- to 8-inch circumferences that were severed by the aerial saw and allowed to fall from 150 feet above, according to the violation notice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2022

A meager set is a set contained in the countable union of nowhere dense sets, such as the circumference of a circle in the plane, or finitely or countably many such circumferences.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2021

At first it was hardly more than a walk, a slow procession round the twin circumferences of the centred tripod.

From Gulliver of Mars by Edwin Lester Linden Arnold


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