circumambient

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: cir=cum=am=bi=ent

CIDE DICTIONARY

circumambient, a. [Pref. circum- + ambient.].

 Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing.  J. Armstrong.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

circumambient, adj. (esp. of air or another fluid) surrounding.

Derivative

circumambience n. circumambiency n.

ROGET THESAURUS

circumambient

Circumjacence

N circumjacence, circumambience, environment, encompassment, atmosphere, medium, surroundings, outpost, border, girdle, outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs, environs, entourage, banlieue, neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity, circumjacent, circumambient, circumfluent, ambient, surrounding, circumferential, suburban, around, about, without, on every side, on all sides, right and left, all round, round about.