circumscription
noun/ˌsɜː.kəmˈskɹɪp.ʃən/UK/ˌsɝ.kəmˈskɹɪp.ʃən/US
Etymology
From Latin circumscrīptiō.
- borrowed from circumscrīptiō
Definitions
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…
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.
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An electoral district
An electoral district; used often in texts treating electoral systems in Romance countries.
The neighborhood
- neighborcircumscribe
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for circumscription. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA