Circumferential

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  circumferential
       adj : lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts;
             "circumferential highways around cities"
       n : a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town [syn: {bypass},
            {ring road}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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