What is another word for circumferential?

Pronunciation: [sˌɜːkəmfəɹˈɛnʃə͡l] (IPA)

Circumferential means 'around the circumference' or 'surrounding something'. Synonyms for this word include 'peripheral', 'encompassing', 'encircling', 'bordering', 'surrounding', 'rimming' and 'bounding'. The word 'peripheral' suggests something at the edges or the boundary, while 'encompassing' indicates something that surrounds and includes. 'Bordering' usually denotes something that lines the edge of a surface, while 'surrounding' refers to something that exists on all sides of a particular thing. 'Rimming' could denote the edge of something circular, while 'bounding' suggests an area that encloses a particular zone. These synonyms can be used to describe the position of something with respect to a particular area in different contexts.

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What are the opposite words for circumferential?

Circumferential means relating to the boundary or outer edge of a circle or circular object. The antonyms for this word could be words such as central, internal or inner. These words describe the center or inside of something, rather than the outer boundary. Other possible antonyms include narrow, thin, or straight, which suggest the opposite of the round or circular shape implied by circumferential. A circle is a shape with no beginning or end, so antonyms to circumferential may also relate to the concept of limitations or boundaries, such as unlimited or boundless.

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Usage examples for Circumferential

The rose window of the west end, though of grand proportions, appears to fail utterly as a supreme effort because of the flatness and depression given to its circumferential outline.
"The Cathedrals of Northern France"
Francis Miltoun
Nevertheless, it is a phase of the fattish man's perversity that, rejecting the direct, the circumstantial and the circumferential testimony which abounds about him, he too often awaits confirmation of his growing suspicions at the hands of outsiders and bystanders before he is willing openly to admit that condition of fatness which for long has been patent to the most casual observer.
"One Third Off"
Irvin S. Cobb
The circumferential border is attached within the junction of the sclerotic cornea.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler

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