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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Circumfluent

Circumfluent \Cir*cum"flu*ent\, Circumfluous \Cir*cum"flu*ous\, a. [L. circumfluere, p. pr. of circumfluere; circum + fluere to flow; also L. circumfluus.] Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid. ``The deep, circumfluent waves.''
--Pope.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
circumfluent

1570s, from Latin circumfluentem (nominative circumfluens), present participle of circumfluere "to flow around," from circum- (see circum-) + fluere (see fluent).

Wiktionary
circumfluent

a. flow round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.

Usage examples of "circumfluent".

But, before we proceed to notice these, it may be well to consider, with the help of the accompanying sketch map, the general features of this last of the planispheric maps of the archaic type in which the circumfluent ocean is retained.