circumference
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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
That approach combines BMI, waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio and waist-to-hip ratio.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Using either BMI or waist circumference provided a better balance between correctly identifying people with obesity and avoiding false-positive diagnoses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
They measured each baby's 2D:4D ratio and compared it with head circumference.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
They called it omnem terrae ambitum, the whole circumference of the Earth, of which, they explained, Ptolemy knew only a quarter.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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
In the first century of the Christian era, it was centres rather than circumferences that marked divisions of work and jurisdiction; but in any case administrative divisions were never intended to be divisions of brotherhood.
From Catholic Problems in Western Canada by George Thomas Daly
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