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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts;
- Example: "circumferential highways around cities"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Circumferential \Cir*cum`fer*en"tial\, a. [LL.
   circumferentialis.]
   Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling;
   circuitous. --Parkhurst.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

circumferential
    adj 1: lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts;
           "circumferential highways around cities"


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "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