CIRCUMJACENCIES Synonyms

• the outside boundary or surface of something

• a part of the city far removed from the center

• one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light

• a social group holding marginal or extreme views

• a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead

• an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels

• adorn with a fringe

• decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe

• a surrounding or nearby region

• people living near one another

• the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')

• an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)

• outlying areas (as of a city or town)

• the outside boundary or surface of something

• the environmental condition

• the area in which something exists or lives

• a surrounding or nearby region

• the property of being close together

• the region close around a person or thing

• a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit

• The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc.

• The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood.