circumscription
/S ER0 K AH0 M S K R IH1 P SH AH0 N/noun
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The act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed.
- 2
Anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area.
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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.”
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An electoral district; used often in texts treating electoral systems in Romance countries.
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