Meaning & use
circumferential
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Relating to or forming a circumference; going around the outer boundary of something.
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The city built a circumferential highway to divert traffic around its center.
The scan revealed circumferential swelling around the joint.
A note on using this word
Common in engineering, medicine, and urban planning to describe something that runs around an edge or perimeter.
Words with a similar meaning
peripheralencircling
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Words with an opposite meaning
radial
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