CIRCUMAMBIENT


Meaning of CIRCUMAMBIENT in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ adjective

Etymology: Late Latin circumambient-, circumambiens, present participle of circumambire to surround in a circle, from Latin circum- + ambire to go around — more at ambient

1. : going around : encircling

circumambient black lines that are intended … to reveal the construction of the picture — Clive Bell

2. : surrounding , encompassing : being on all sides

the circumambient air

the circumambient Unknown — C.D.Lewis

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.