Circum

That is our natural angle in revolution, that is our unit, the complete rotation, or what we call a circum-angle. ❋ Unknown (1907)

The term circum-Atlantic is derived from Joseph Roach, ❋ Unknown (2006)

Bill Gates benefited inordinately from unusual circum-stances in which he was able to "practice" programming at an early age in a way that almost none of his peers could. ❋ Steve Forbes (2010)

Circumstance comes from Old French circum -, circonstance, which comes from Latin circumstantia, which meant “standing around, surrounding condition” (all this is from the OED, not me). ❋ Unknown (2010)

All these I may sketch out at some future date, but none of them present such singular features as the strange train of circum - stances which I have now taken up my pen to describe. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And of course the background narrative of melting ice -- its planetary import made palpable to our expedition because the presence of floating ice nearly 150 miles south of where it should be, of where it was last year, an impediment to the circum-Spitsbergian journey we had tentatively mapped. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Santos Basin fields in the Atlantic off of Brazil may contain 40 billion barrels, and the mean estimate in the recent circum-Arctic study by the USGS was 90 billion barrels. ❋ Asher Miller (2010)

In practice, her spacesuit was too hampering; constant-volume joints allowed considerable freedom of movement, but not as much as bare skin, especially when circum-Saturnian temperatures required extra insulation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Zhongguo Bianjiang Minzu yu Huantaipingyang Wenhua (Studies of Chinese minorities and circum-Pacific cultures). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Since circum means “round” or “around” in Latin, the critics said, “under” is inappropriate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Poor Rachel, born into Spain in privileged circum stances, but reduced by her grandmother's gambling to penury. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The need for a comprehensive and circum-Arctic climate impact study had been discussed by IASC for some time, and IASC invited AMAP and CAFF (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna) to participate in a joint venture. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the air, she had a touch of recklessness -- it was part of her charm, a sign of her rebellion against a world that wouldn't allow women to be adventurous, and it probably contributed to her presumed death in July, 1937 (she disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean while attempting a circum-navigational flight of the globe). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now any circum-navigation is limited only by the speed of our jets and the worldwide reach of their flight plans. ❋ Unknown (2009)