| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. So as to surround or encircle.[Websters]
2. In a peripheral, environmental, distal, orbital or tangential manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In an external or outward manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Adverbial inflection of the adjective circumferential.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (circumferential) | 1. Lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts; "circumferential highways around cities".[Wordnet]. 2. Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous.[Websters]. 3. Being peripheral, distal, orbital, marginal or tangential.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being suburban.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being external, outer, outboard or outward.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being outlying or remote.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being environmental or ambient.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Adjective base of the adverb circumferentially.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "CIRCUMFERENTIALLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: circumferential
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Pertaining to the circumference.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] (not comparable) of or pertaining to a circumference. (references) | 2: [Adjective] circuitous, indirect or roundabout. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Specialty Expressions: circumferential
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Circumferential break | Nuclear Energy & Physics | Two types of break are postulated: circumferential breaks, representing a complete severance of the pipe, and longitudinal breaks in which fluid escapes from an opening in the pipe wall whose major axis is parallel to the pipe axis. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Circumferential seal | Aerospace | Seal, composed of a continuous ring or of one or more split or segmented rings, whose sealing surface is parallel to the centerline of the flow passage (also called radial seal). (references) | |
| Circumferential steel | Building & Civil Engineering | Hoops are binders in the form of rings (other than helical) round the main reinforcement in columns and piles. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: circumferential | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Circumferential Highway | 20 | Circumferential Highway | 20 | |
| Circumferential Highway (Nashua) | 15 | Circumferential Highway (Nashua) | 15 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
