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On a convex or tubular structure such as the outside surface of a blood vessel, cells tend to move circumferentially around the shape.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024

Since there is more of 45 the summer-wood substance, the spring-wood must yield, and the log shrinks circumferentially.

From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William

Under this treatment it expanded circumferentially and at the same time was reduced in length.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various

In the longitudinal direction, for most woods, it is almost negligible, being from 20 to over 100 times as great circumferentially as longitudinally.

From Seasoning of Wood by Wagner, J. B. (Joseph Bernard)

On account of both rails being used for circuits, . . . the driving-wheels had to be split circumferentially and completely insulated from the axles.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis