circumferential

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: cir=cum=fer=en=tial

CIDE DICTIONARY

circumferential, a. [LL. circumferentialis.].

 Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous.  Parkhurst.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

circumferential

ambient, circling, circumambient, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumjacent, delineatory, embracing, encircling, enclosing, encompassing, enfolding, enveloping, environing, in outline, neighboring, outlined, perimetric, peripheral, roundabout, suburban, surrounding, wrapping

ROGET THESAURUS

circumferential

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.