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Perimeter
  • See Also
    • ArcLength
    • Area
    • SurfaceArea
    • Volume
    • RegionMeasure
    • RegionCentroid
    • RegionMoment
    • Integrate
    • NIntegrate
    • RegionBoundary
    • GeometricScene
  • Related Guides
    • Region Properties and Measures
    • Polygons
    • Plane Geometry
    • Synthetic Geometry
    • See Also
      • ArcLength
      • Area
      • SurfaceArea
      • Volume
      • RegionMeasure
      • RegionCentroid
      • RegionMoment
      • Integrate
      • NIntegrate
      • RegionBoundary
      • GeometricScene
    • Related Guides
      • Region Properties and Measures
      • Polygons
      • Plane Geometry
      • Synthetic Geometry

Perimeter[reg]

gives the perimeter of the two-dimensional region reg.

Perimeter[{x1,x2},{s,smin,smax},{t,tmin,tmax}]

gives the perimeter of the parametrized region whose Cartesian coordinates xi are functions of s and t.

Perimeter[{x1,x2},{s,smin,smax},{t,tmin,tmax},chart]

interprets the xi as coordinates in the specified coordinate chart.

Details and Options
Details and Options Details and Options
Examples  
Basic Examples  
Scope  
Special Regions  
Formula Regions  
Mesh Regions  
Derived Regions  
Parametric Formulas  
Options  
Assumptions  
WorkingPrecision  
Applications  
Properties & Relations  
Possible Issues  
Neat Examples  
See Also
Related Guides
History
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BUILT-IN SYMBOL
  • See Also
    • ArcLength
    • Area
    • SurfaceArea
    • Volume
    • RegionMeasure
    • RegionCentroid
    • RegionMoment
    • Integrate
    • NIntegrate
    • RegionBoundary
    • GeometricScene
  • Related Guides
    • Region Properties and Measures
    • Polygons
    • Plane Geometry
    • Synthetic Geometry
    • See Also
      • ArcLength
      • Area
      • SurfaceArea
      • Volume
      • RegionMeasure
      • RegionCentroid
      • RegionMoment
      • Integrate
      • NIntegrate
      • RegionBoundary
      • GeometricScene
    • Related Guides
      • Region Properties and Measures
      • Polygons
      • Plane Geometry
      • Synthetic Geometry

Perimeter

Perimeter[reg]

gives the perimeter of the two-dimensional region reg.

Perimeter[{x1,x2},{s,smin,smax},{t,tmin,tmax}]

gives the perimeter of the parametrized region whose Cartesian coordinates xi are functions of s and t.

Perimeter[{x1,x2},{s,smin,smax},{t,tmin,tmax},chart]

interprets the xi as coordinates in the specified coordinate chart.

Details and Options

  • Perimeter is also known as circumference.
  • Coordinate charts in the fourth argument of Perimeter can be specified as triples {coordsys,metric,dim} in the same way as in the first argument of CoordinateChartData. The short form in which dim is omitted may be used.
  • The following options can be given:
  • AccuracyGoalInfinitydigits of absolute accurary sought
    Assumptions $Assumptionsassumptions to make about parameters
    GenerateConditionsAutomaticwhether to generate conditions on parameters
    PerformanceGoal$PerformanceGoalaspects of performance to try to optimize
    PrecisionGoalAutomaticdigits of precision sought
    WorkingPrecision Automaticthe precision used in internal computations
  • Perimeter can be used with symbolic regions in GeometricScene.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (4)

The perimeter of a disk:

The perimeter of a 3-4-5 triangle:

The perimeter of an annulus with inner radius 1 and outer radius 2:

The perimeter of a sector expressed in polar coordinates:

Scope  (14)

Special Regions  (4)

Rectangle:

Parallelogram:

Simplex:

The perimeter of a Polygon:

Disk:

Disk can be used as an ellipse:

Formula Regions  (4)

The perimeter of a disk represented as an ImplicitRegion:

The perimeter of a disk represented as a ParametricRegion:

Using a rational parametrization of a disk:

The perimeter of an ImplicitRegion:

The perimeter of a ParametricRegion:

Mesh Regions  (3)

The perimeter of a BoundaryMeshRegion:

The perimeter of a MeshRegion:

The perimeter of a MeshRegion with mixed dimensions:

Derived Regions  (2)

The perimeter of a RegionIntersection:

The perimeter of a TransformedRegion:

Parametric Formulas  (1)

The perimeter of an ellipse with semimajor axes 2 and 1:

The same ellipse in elliptic coordinates:

Options  (2)

Assumptions  (1)

The perimeter assuming the region represents an ellipse:

WorkingPrecision  (1)

Compute the Perimeter using machine arithmetic:

In some cases, the exact answer cannot be computed:

Applications  (4)

A farmer has a 40.5-acre plot of land in the shape of a regular pentagon. How much fence is needed to enclose the plot?

Model the plot as a RegularPolygon of unknown radius:

Determine the radius given the area:

The length of fence needed:

Find the perimeter of a MengerMesh in [0,1]×[0,1]:

Find the general formula for the perimeter of a MengerMesh of order n:

The perimeter tends to infinity even though the regions stay bounded inside [0,1]×[0,1]:

Compute the orbital circumference of Mars:

Verify the result:

The coastline paradox states a country's border is fractal in nature and hence its perimeter is unbounded [more info].

Obtain the polygon representing the United Kingdom:

The perimeter of the United Kingdom with various amounts of sampling points along its border:

Properties & Relations  (3)

For regions with only full-dimensional components, the perimeter is the ArcLength of its boundary:

Regions with nonzero perimeter will have nonzero Area:

Find the perimeter of lamina entities:

Use EntityValue to find the perimeter of a salinon with outer radius 5 and inner radius 1:

Find the perimeter through the region's implicit representation:

Possible Issues  (1)

The perimeter of a region of dimension zero or one is undefined:

The perimeter of a region of dimension three or higher is undefined:

Neat Examples  (3)

Create a gallery of perimeters of special regions:

The perimeter of an implicitly described smiley:

The perimeter of a self-intersecting polygon:

See Also

ArcLength  Area  SurfaceArea  Volume  RegionMeasure  RegionCentroid  RegionMoment  Integrate  NIntegrate  RegionBoundary  GeometricScene

Related Guides

    ▪
  • Region Properties and Measures
  • ▪
  • Polygons
  • ▪
  • Plane Geometry
  • ▪
  • Synthetic Geometry

History

Introduced in 2017 (11.1) | Updated in 2019 (12.0)

Wolfram Research (2017), Perimeter, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Perimeter.html (updated 2019).

Text

Wolfram Research (2017), Perimeter, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Perimeter.html (updated 2019).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2017. "Perimeter." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2019. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Perimeter.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2017). Perimeter. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Perimeter.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_perimeter, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Perimeter}", year="2019", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Perimeter.html}", note=[Accessed: 01-December-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_perimeter, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Perimeter}, year={2019}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Perimeter.html}, note=[Accessed: 01-December-2025]}

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