Circumscribed vs Circumscription - What's the difference?
circumscribed | circumscription |
(circumscribe)
To draw a line around; to encircle.
To limit narrowly; to restrict.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.
the act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed
anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area
(taxonomy) 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.
As a verb circumscribed
is (circumscribe).As a noun circumscription is
the act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed.circumscribed
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Verb
(head)circumscribe
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Verb
(circumscrib)Fantasy of navigation, passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […].}}
Derived terms
* circumscriptioncircumscription
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(wikipedia circumscription)Noun
(en noun)- The circumscription in the APG system of the family'' Malvaceae ''includes the former families Bombacaceae, Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae.
