circumscription
The act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribedThe act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed.
the act of circumscribing
(countable, uncountable)Anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area.
(countable, uncountable)The definition of what does and does not belong to a given taxon, from a particular taxonomic viewpoint or taxonomic system.
The circumscription in the APG system of the family Malvaceae includes the former families Bombacaceae, Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae.
(countable, uncountable)An electoral district; used often in texts treating electoral systems in Romance countries.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from Latin circumscrīptiō.Borrowed from Latin circumscrīptiō.
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Forms
plural: circumscriptions| Singular | circumscription |
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Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable