Head circumference is an indicator of brain volume, so a greater increase in head circumference in a newly-born baby suggests more rapid brain growth.

头围是大脑体积的一个衡量指标，所以新生儿头围越大，表明他们的大脑发育越快。

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CARDIA study scientists weighed and measured the waist circumference and BMI of study participants. The waist circumference was measured to the nearest half centimeter.

从事CARDIA研究的科学家们，对研究参与者进行称重和腰围与BMI的测量，腰围测量精确到半厘米。

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Bit gauges, rings of defined circumference, are slipped around drill bits to detect and measure wear, which reduces the circumference of the bit during drilling.

钻头规是种周长一定的环型物，它卡紧在钻头的周围，去检测和测量钻头是否磨损，即在钻井过程中是否减少了周长。

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It's a much more elaborate simile than that: "the broad circumference / hung on his shoulders like the Moon whose Orb / through Optic Glass the Tuscan Artist views.

这是一个更为精细的比喻：,“那个阔大的圆形物/好像一轮挂在他双肩的明月“,/就是那个托斯卡纳的大师“

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I have to have a whole number of wavelengths to get around the circumference.

我必须要有个关于波长的总体数字,测量周长。

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who will help me out？ They find themselves surrounded, and Paris is--it's nothing like- - it's one-third the size of London at this same time, or at any other time, but it has a huge circumference.

谁来帮我下,他们发现自己被包围了,巴黎成为,巴黎已经大不如前,它仅仅相当于,当时或其他时期伦敦规模的三分之一,还是一个巨大的牢笼

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The piece weighs just under two tons and has a circumference of 62 feet.

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Additionally, Dr. Michos points out, measuring waist circumference may provide a more vivid indication of weight-loss progress.

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The New York fire department is basically in control and then the volunteers work the circumference of ground zero.

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