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CIRCUMFERENTIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts
Example:
circumferential highways around cities
Classified under:
Similar:
peripheral (on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area)
Derivation:
circumference (the boundary line encompassing an area or object)