circumscription

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed.
Anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area.
The definition of what does and does not belong to a given taxon, from a particular taxonomic viewpoint or taxonomic system.
An electoral district; used often in texts treating electoral systems in Romance countries.

/ˌsɜː.kəmˈskɹɪp.ʃən/ /ˌsɝ.kəmˈskɹɪp.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-circumscription.wav

circumscription circumscriptions

From Latin circumscrīptiō.

circumscribe

circumscriptional incircumscription recircumscription

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