circumambientadj.
/səːkəmˈambɪənt/ 1.
a. Going or extending round; surrounding, encompassing, environing.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective]
circumjacent1490
circumstant1545
circumvoisin1548
environing?a1560
encompassing1571
ambient1572
succingent1578
embracing1590
circling1594
girdling1598
circumdant1600
rounding1600
all round?1611
circumferent1620
circumsistent1625
circuiting1632
circulating1632
encircling1632
surrounding1637
begirting1645
circumambient1648
circumstantial1650
girding1658
skirtingc1735
entwining1737
circumadjacent1780
belting1808
engirdling1843
encyclic1850
engirding1852
zoning1853
roundaboutc1860
begirding1877
wraparound1957
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
1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. v. 186 The circumambient coldnesse towards the sides of the Vessell.
1669 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 1087 An Universal Tendency of Circum-ambient Bodies to the Center.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. i. 2/1 In the immeasurable circumambient realm of Nothingness and Night!
1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. iii. 92 The circumambient aisle encircling the apse.
b. esp. Said of the air or other circumfused fluid, or medium.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adjective] > moving in circle > specifically of air or fluids
circumambient1633
circumfluous1640
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] > enfolding or enveloping > in a medium > as a fluid
ambient1572
circumfused1596
circumambient1633
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter ii. 14 The air; which is an element movable and circumambient.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 236 The air most immediatly circumambient of the terraqueous globe.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. ii. i. 40 The pressure of the circumambient Air.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 207 A circumambient ether agitated by their vibrations.
1855 M. Arnold Mycerinus 53 The Circumambient gloom.
c. figurative.
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1830 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. (1859) 104 The circumambient scorn of his fellows.
1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xxi. 237 The opening of..intellectual windows towards the circumambient truth.
2. absol. or as n.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds
circumscription1578
skirt1617
circumference1643
recinct1654
circumplexion1660
circumambient1682
cincture1715
cordon1792
circus1817
clasp1867
girth1871
circumcincture1884
1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 124 In an Orb the Centre is one way the beginning, and another way the end of the Circumambient.
1849 D. M. Mulock Ogilvies xxvi The whole circumambient seemed to have grown suddenly yellow.
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