circumferentially
- adverb
- /sɜrˌkʌmˈfɛrənʃəli/
- The ribbon was wrapped circumferentially around the gift box, creating a beautiful presentation.
- space extends circumferentially
Examples
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They move radially, circumferentially, and vertically.
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The soft-tissue analog (A, B, or C) was randomly selected and attached circumferentially to the surrogate knee femur with duct tape.
Academic text (1995) -
The challenge in creating such a medium is to have the effective easy axis circumferentially oriented.
Academic text (1996) -
As effusion increases, the echo-free space extends circumferentially around the heart.
Academic text (2016) -
I would have thought so, since you claim to be able to so circumferentially wrap it around the idea of a God which is, by your own definition, totally incomprehensible to any of us mere mortals.
Blog text (29) -
The fibrotic process appears to progress evenly and circumferentially, beginning at the outside of the medial canal and growing inward.
Academic text (2001) -
Four sensors, circumferentially located around the rotor shell, provided blade data characterizing blade station and vibrational deflections.
Academic text (1996) -
Three cameras and projector sensors are spaced circumferentially around the residual limb, and the fourth camera is placed in front of the subject's residuum (Figure 1).
Academic text (1996) -
The resulting rectangular foam sheet was 19 mm thick. Duct tape attached each tissue substitute circumferentially around the immobile femoral component of the surrogate knee.
Academic text (1995) -
The road runs circumferentially around the city, providing an excellent view of the landscape.
Synonyms
Moving in a circle to surround something
Moving or placed in a circle
Surface Forms
Morphology
circumferentially = circumferential (transparent) = circumferential + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'circumferential', which is directly interpretable as 'around the circumference'.
Etymology
Circumferentially comes from the part circum- meaning 'around', and it is related to familiar words like circumference and circle. So to do something circumferentially is to do it 'around' or 'along the outer edge' of an object.