circumferential Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts
    • circumferential highways around cities

WordNet


Cir*cum`fer*en"tial adjective
Etymology
LL. circumferentialis.
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous. Parkhurst.

Webster 1913