circumscription.
The act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed.
Meaning & usage
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 taxonomic viewpoint or taxonomic system.
The circumscription in the APG system of the family Malvaceae includes the former families Bombacaceae, Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae.
An electoral district; used often in texts treating electoral systems in Romance countries.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin circumscribō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin circumscrīptiōbor. English circumscription Borrowed from Latin circumscrīptiō.
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