circumferential
IPA: sɝkˈʌmfɝˈɛnʃʌɫ
adjective
- (not comparable) Of or pertaining to a circumference.
- Circuitous, indirect or roundabout.
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Examples of "circumferential" in Sentences
- The Marine Reserve includes all the water within a circumferential zone 40 nautical miles wide.
- The sagging skin may drape in layers around the body (a condition called circumferential excess).
- Instead, he designed the double-skinned dome to be supported by a series of internal circumferential rings that would make the dome seem to rise skyward without any visible means of support.
- As a bespoke system manufacturer and a subcontract marking job shop, ES Technology has acquired a combination of knowledge and skills enabling the company to develop solutions to complex laser marking applications such as circumferential marking.
- Again, other lamellæ, found on the surface of the bone, are arranged parallel to its circumference; they are termed circumferential, or by some authors primary or fundamental lamellæ, to distinguish them from those laid down around the axes of the Haversian canals, which are then termed secondary or special lamellæ.
- Apparently if they failed to tighten a wheelnut to the correct torque there was an infinitessimal chance that the wheel might reach critical mass due to vibration and, thanks to the rotational velocity of the circumferential mass, collapse into a black hole, causing untold damage to the universe and wiping our miserable, H&S mad, planet out of existence.
- There has been some debate in Memphis about the proper route for Interstate 69—whether it should come through downtown or go around the city in a circumferential loop—but the temperature of that conversation has never approached the fever of the landmark battle that was fought here—across decades, to the Supreme Court and back—over where to put Interstate 40.
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