circumambient
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- circumambience noun
- circumambiency noun
- circumambiently adverb
Etymology
Origin of circumambient
First recorded in 1625–35; from Late Latin circumambient- (stem of circumambiēns ); circum-, ambient
Example Sentences
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With it, we reduce the huge circumambient room for error to a manageable somatic circumference.
From Golf Digest • May 7, 2020
There is a lot of circumambient madness that the captions help pin down.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2018
A similar jolt of energy would bolt from a light-weight atom at the instant it acquired energy by merging with another light atom or by accumulating raw energy from circumambient space.
From Time Magazine Archive
One acclaimer was Cambridge's Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac who, now only 31, three years ago startled his learned compatriots by declaring that nuclear protons were simply "holes" in the circumambient electronic field.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Seems to me, Frances,” he called, “you’re filling the entire circumambient air with smoke–ker-chow!”
From Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure by Marlowe, Amy Bell
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