circumjacent
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of circumjacent
1480–90; < Latin circumjacent- (stem of circumjacēns, present participle of circumjacēre to lie around), equivalent to circum- circum- + jac- lie + -ent- -ent
Example Sentences
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Thus does the earth rotate together with circumjacent waters and encircling atmosphere.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
North of the present boundary of Virginia, and particularly near the junction of the Alleghany and Monongahela rivers, and in the circumjacent country the Indians were more numerous, and their villages larger.
From Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State by Thwaites, Reuben Gold
I engaged one of them, by a bribe of some beads, to describe the circumjacent country upon the sand.
From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I by Mackenzie, Alexander
This effect must increase, till the gravity of the circumjacent atmosphere, superadded to that of the storm itself, shall, by its counteracting effect, have produced an equilibrium in the two forces.
From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden
The colonist who resides here informed me that the corn never suffered from cold, as, besides the shelter afforded by these plantations, the circumjacent water moderated the degree of frost.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 by Linn?, Carl von
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