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CIRCUMFERENTIAL

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cir⋅cum⋅fer⋅en⋅tial

  [ser-kuhm-fuh-ren-shuhl]
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–adjective
1. of, at, or near the circumference; surrounding; lying along the outskirts.
2. lying within the circumference.
3. circuitous; indirect: a circumferential manner of speech.
Origin:
1600–10; < L circumferenti(a) circumference + -al 1
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cir·cum·fer·ence   (sər-kŭm'fər-əns)   
n.  

  1. The boundary line of a circle.

    1. The boundary line of a figure, area, or object.

    2. Abbr. c or circ. The length of such a boundary.


[Middle English, from Old French circonference, from Latin circumferentia, from circumferēns, circumferent-, present participle of circumferre, to carry around : circum-, circum- + ferre, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
cir·cum'fer·en'tial (-fə-rěn'shəl) adj.
Synonyms: These nouns refer to a line around a closed figure or area: the circumference of the earth; followed the circuit around the park; stayed within the compass of the schoolyard; the perimeter of a rectangle; a fence around the periphery of the property.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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