circumscription
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed.
- (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.
- (countable, uncountable) An electoral district; used often in texts treating electoral systems in Romance countries.
Synonyms
Translations
circoscrizione
Umschreibung
limitation
çevreleme
التّقييد
limitação
parafrasisEtymology
From Latin circumscrīptiō.
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