circumscription - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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From Latin circumscrīptiō.

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circumscription (countable and uncountable, plural circumscriptions)

1. The act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed.
2. Anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area.
3. (taxonomy) The definition of what does and does not belong to a given taxon, from a particular taxonomic viewpoint or taxonomic system.
4. An electoral district; used often in texts treating electoral systems in Romance countries.

• circumscriptional

• incircumscription

• recircumscription

• circumscribe

act of circumscribing; quality of being circumscribed

anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area

taxonomy: definition of what belongs in a taxon

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