circumferentialadj.
/səˌkʌmfəˈrɛnʃ(ɪ)əl/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the circumference.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adjective] > moving in circle
circularc1450
round1565
circumfluent1583
circling1599
circumferential1610
circumferent1620
circulating1632
compassing1638
circuline1647
circumambient1648
ambient1655
surrounding1657
gyrous1688
rounding1708
whirl-about1786
circumgyratory1835
gyrant1844
circuiting1886
roundwisea1930
the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adjective] > circular > of or relating to or forming circumference
circumferential1610
circumferent1620
round1658
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [adjective] > of or relating to enclosing boundary
circumferential1610
perimetral1685
perimetric1883
1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xvi. ix. 584 Called Periœci, circumferentiall inhabitants.
1645 City Alarum 9 Circumferentiall deliberations without any fixed center.
a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 158 The circumferential inscription upon the reverse.
1678 R. Cudworth tr. Plotinus in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 824 Circumferential Lines leading to this Center.
1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost II. xvii. 383 How much a Circular or Circumferential Line is greater than a strait Line drawn through the Centre.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species vii. 230 Bees..make a rough, circumferential wall..all around the comb.
1882 J. A. Longridge in Nature 9 Nov. 35/2 Strength [of a gun] to resist a bursting strain, which is called circumferential strength.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > [adjective]
collateralc1374
ambagious?1532
indirect1584
circular1617
squint1619
squinting1648
sidelong1654
circumferentiala1661
circuitous1664
side wind1672
side-winded1696
roundabout1701
side-handed1828
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Staff. 38 Circumferential devices.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 195 He preferred death in a Direct Line before a Circumferential Passage thereunto.
Derivatives
circumferentially adv. in a circumferential way; in or upon the circumference.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [adverb]
circumferentially1863
marginally1909
the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adverb] > in form or manner of circle or ring > in or upon circumference
aboutc1400
a-ring1614
circumferentially1863
1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature §2. 62 The yelk becomes circumferentially indented.
1882 Mayne Reid in N.Y. Tribune 24 May 8 Dealing with the larger limbs, he..notches them circumferentially.
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