Definition of Circomscription
Cir`cum*scrip"tion (?), n. [L.
circumscriptio. See Circumscribe.]
1. An inscription written around
anything. [R.] Ashmole.
2. The exterior line which determines the
form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.
Ray.
3. The act of limiting, or the state of
being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement;
limit.
The circumscriptions of terrestrial
nature.
Johnson.
I would not my unhoused, free condition
Put into circumscription and confine.
Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed
- anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area
- (taxonomy) 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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