circumambient

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   surrounding something on every side; encompassing

   The reef rose from the shallow circumambient water around the island.

From Late Latin circumambiens, 'going around or surrounding,' the present participle of circumambire. It combines Latin circum, 'around,' with ambire, 'to go around,' the source of ambient.

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