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noun
The act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The definition of what does and does not belong to a given taxon, from a particular taxonomic viewpoint or taxonomic system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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noun
An electoral district; used often in texts treating electoral systems in Romance countries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the act of circumscribing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: restriction, confinement
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybh- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybheti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin circumscribō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin circumscrīptiōbor. English circumscription Borrowed from Latin circumscrīptiō.
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
