circum- +
(Latin: around, about, surrounding, on all sides; literally, "in a circle")
circumnavigable
1. The ability to sail or to fly around.
2. Capable of making the circuit of by navigation: "The earth is circumnavigable if one has the right aircraft."
3. The possibility of going or maneuvering around: "They had to find a circumnavigable way to get through the heavy downtown traffic."
circumnavigate
1. To sail or to fly around something; such as, the world or an island.
2. To go around; to circumvent.
A man is striving to circumnavigate a stone structure in an effort to get rid of the threatening sharks.
circumnavigation
1. The act of traveling around something (by ship or plane).
2. Sailing all the way around something.
3. Moving around something in order to avoid hitting it.
4. A satellite or small body in orbit around a larger body; such as, the earth or another celestial body.
Two examples of circumnavigation on the earth and in outer space.
circumnavigator
1. Anyone who travels around.
2. A person who flies or sails around; such as, the world, an island, or other situation.
circumnebulous
Surrounded by clouds.
circumneutrophilous, circumneutrophile, circumneutrophily
In biology, thriving in conditions of about neutral pH.
circumocular
A reference to the area surrounding the eye.
circumorbital
Referring to the area surrounding the bony orbit of the eye.
circumplanetary
Navigating around a planet or planets.
circumpolar
Located or living around or near one or both poles of earth or another planet.
circumrenal
Located anywhere near or around a kidney.
circumrotate
To turn like a wheel; to revolve.
circumrotation
1. The act of rolling or revolving around; such as, a wheel; circumvolution,
2. The state of being whirled around.
An example of circumrotation is displayed with this construction equipment.
circumrotatory
Turning, rolling, or whirling around.
circumscribe
1. To draw a line around; to encompass with (or as with) a bounding line, to form the boundary of, to bound.
2. To mark out or lay down the limits of; to enclose within limits, limit, bound, confine (usually figuratively); especially, to confine within narrow limits, to restrict the free or extended action of, to hem in, to restrain, to abridge.
Related "around, round, surrounding" units:
ambi-;
ampho-;
circ-;
cyclo-, -cycle;
gyro-;
peri-.