circumferential | ||
1. | [ adjective ] lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts | |
Examples: | "circumferential highways around cities" |
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Related terms: | peripheral | |
2. | [ noun ] (transportation) a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town | |
Synonyms: | bypass ring_road | |
Related terms: | road bypass | |
Similar spelling: |
circumference circumstantial circumstantially circumvention circumspectly circumboreal circumstantiate |