ummál
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse ummál. See the Old Norse ummæli (Icelandic ummæli). Compare the Icelandic um (“around”) + mál (“measurement”) and mæla (“measure”).
Noun
[edit]ummál n (genitive singular ummáls, nominative plural ummál)
- (mathematics) a perimeter; (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object)
- (mathematics) a circumference; (length of a line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- brjóstummál
- meðalbrjóstummál
- jafn að ummáli (“isoperimetric”)
- ummálsjafn (“isoperimetric”)
- ummálsjafnaðarójafna (“isoperimetric inequality”)
- ummálsjafnaðarverkefni (“isoperimetric problem”)
- ummálsmikill
- ummálsregla (“half-angle formula”)