circumjacence

Roget-categorie 227

2. Words relating to space
› 2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.3. Centrical dimensions

#227. Circumjacence

zelfstandig naamwoord

circumjacence^†, circumambience^† — environment, encompassment — atmosphere, medium, surroundings.
outpost — border etc. (edge) 231 — girdle etc. (circumference) 230 — outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs^†, environs, entourage, banlieue^† — neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity.

werkwoord

lie around etc. adv. — surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird — belt — begird, engird^† — skirt, twine round — hem in etc. (circumscribe) 229.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

circumjacent, circumambient^†, circumfluent^† — ambient — surrounding etc. v. — circumferential, suburban.

bijwoord

around, about — without — on every side — on all sides — right and left, all round, round about.

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