title: Girth
text: # Girth
  
  Girth may refer to:
  
  ## Mathematics
  
  * Girth (functional analysis), the length of the shortest centrally symmetric simple closed curve on the unit sphere of a Banach space
  * Girth (geometry), the perimeter of a parallel projection of a shape
  * Girth (graph theory), the length of a shortest cycle contained in a graph
  * Matroid girth, the size of the smallest circuit in a matroid
  
  ## Music and entertainment
  
  * Girth (album), 1997 album by heavy metal band Winters Bane
  * Girth (Pushing Daisies), an episode of the TV show Pushing Daisies
  * Girth (song), the former name of the Guns N' Roses song "Coma"
  
  ## Other
  
  * Girth (tack), a piece of equipment used to keep a saddle in place on a horse
  * Girth (tree), measurement of the circumference of a tree trunk above its base
  