circumscription
Pronunciation: /ˌsɜː.kəmˈskɹɪp.ʃən/
The English word “circumscription” has 4 meanings listed here.
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.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin circumscrīptiō.
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More English words
- circumscriber
- circumscript
- circumscriptable
- circumscriptible
- circumscriptional
- circumscriptive
- circumscriptively
- circumscriptly
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