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circumambient
CIDE DICTIONARY
circumambient, a. [Pref. circum- + ambient.].
Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. J. Armstrong. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
circumambient, adj. (esp. of air or another fluid) surrounding.
Derivative
circumambience n. circumambiency n.
ROGET THESAURUS
circumambient
Circumjacence
N circumjacence, circumambience, environment, encompassment, atmosphere, medium, surroundings, outpost, border, girdle, outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs, environs, entourage, banlieue, neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity, circumjacent, circumambient, circumfluent, ambient, surrounding, circumferential, suburban, around, about, without, on every side, on all sides, right and left, all round, round about.
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