The girth of an object is a measurement around it. It is sometimes used by postal services and delivery companies as a basis for pricing. For example, Canada Post requires that an item's length plus girth not exceed a maximum allowed value. For a rectangular box, the girth is 2 * (height + width), for example the perimeter of a cross section perpendicular to its length. In graph theory, the girth of a graph is the length of the shortest cycle contained in the graph. If the graph doesn't contain… (More on Girth)