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circumferential collapse: lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts; "circumferential highways around cities"

ambient collapse: completely enveloping; "the ambient air"; "ambient sound"; "the ambient temperature"

epochal collapse: highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era; "epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill"; "an epoch-making discovery"

rhythmical collapse: recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose"

seasonal collapse: occurring at or dependent on a particular season; "seasonal labor"; "a seasonal rise in unemployment"

peripheral collapse: (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"; on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs"; related to the key issue but not of central importance; "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues"

environment collapse: the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"; the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room"

suburban collapse: relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs; "suburban population"

circumlocution collapse: an indirect way of expressing something; a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

wrapping collapse: the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped

containment collapse: the act of containing; keeping something from spreading; "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"; (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor; a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully; "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"

intermittent collapse: stopping and starting at irregular intervals; "intermittent rain showers"; stopping and starting at regular intervals

periodic collapse: recurring or reappearing from time to time; "periodic feelings of anxiety"; happening or recurring at regular intervals; recurring at regular intervals

digression collapse: wandering from the main path of a journey; a message that departs from the main subject

cyclic collapse: recurring in cycles; of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure; botany; forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl; "cyclic petals"; "cyclic flowers"; marked by repeated cycles; conforming to the Carnot cycle

inclusion collapse: the act of including; the relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"; the state of being included

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