perimeter的词源

英文词源

perimeter (n.)

early 15c., "line around a figure or surface," from Latin perimetros, from Greek perimetron "circumference," from peri- "around" (see peri-) + metron "measure" (see meter (n.2)). Military sense of "boundary of a defended position" is attested from 1943.

中文词源

perimeter：外缘，周长

peri-,在周围，-meter,测量，词源同meter,diameter.引申词义外缘，周长。

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