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
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Thus does the earth rotate together with circumjacent waters and encircling atmosphere.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Still, it is said, might it not be prudent to feed the railroads in Ireland, not with any view to the scheme for itself but considered as a means of development for the circumjacent country?
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 by Various
It is sufficiently evident that the electric conflict is not confined to the conductor, but is dispersed pretty widely in the circumjacent space.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
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 Thomas Belden Butler
The circumstances here are so peculiar, the neighborhood so close, activity so concentrated, and the circumjacent neighborhood so little congenial, that an order of things has been established unusual in modern times.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 by Various
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