cir|cum|scrip|tion

cir|cum|scrip|tion
cir|cum|scrip|tion «SUR kuhm SKRIHP shuhn», noun.
1. the act of circumscribing.
2. the state of being circumscribed.
3. anything that circumscribes or encloses.
4. a circular inscription around a coin, medal, seal, or the like.
5. an outline; boundary. SYNONYM(S): periphery.
6. a circumscribed space or place; district or region of defined limits.
7. Figurative. limitation; restriction: »

the circumscription of arbitrary power.

8. Archaic. the laying down of the limits of meaning; definition; description.
9. Rare or Obsolete. the fact or quality of being confined to definite limits in space, as a property of matter.
╂[< Latin circumscrīptiō, -ōnis an encircling < circumscrībere circumscribe]

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