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circumscription

/ˌsɜː.kəmˈskɹɪp.ʃən/US/ˌsɝ.kəmˈskɹɪp.ʃən/

circumscription noun: the act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed.

Noun

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. 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.
  4. An electoral district; used often in texts treating electoral systems in Romance countries.

circumscription meaning in Tamil and Bengali

circumscription in Tamil

எல்லைக்கட்டு, வரையறுத்தல், சுற்று வரையறை, எல்லைப்படுத்துதல்

circumscription in Bengali

নির্বাচনী এলাকা

Forms of circumscription

pluralcircumscriptions

Origin of circumscription

Borrowed from Latin circumscrīptiō.

Words formed from circumscription

Questions about circumscription

What does circumscription mean?
Circumscription means the act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed.
What is circumscription in Tamil?
Circumscription in Tamil is எல்லைக்கட்டு, வரையறுத்தல், சுற்று வரையறை. See Circumscription meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is circumscription?
Circumscription is a noun.
How do you pronounce circumscription?
Circumscription is pronounced /ˌsɜː.kəmˈskɹɪp.ʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of circumscription?
The plural of circumscription is circumscriptions.

Words near circumscription in the dictionary

  1. circumscribeth
  2. circumscribing
  3. circumscript
  4. circumscriptable
  5. circumscriptible
  6. circumscription
  7. circumscriptional
  8. circumscriptions
  9. circumscriptive
  10. circumscriptively
  11. circumscriptly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: circumscription (page history and authors); circumscription (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); circumscription (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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