circumscription

n.

1. The act of circumscribing or the state of being circumscribed.
2. Something, such as a limit or restriction, that circumscribes.
3. A circumscribed space or area.
4. A circular inscription, as on a medallion.

[Latin circumscrīptiō, circumscrīptiōn-, from circumscrīptus, past participle of circumscrībere, to circumscribe. See circumscribe.]

circumscriptive cir'cum·scrip'tive adj.
circumscriptively cir'cum·scrip'tive·ly adv.

noun

1. The act of limiting or condition of being limited: confinement, constraint, limitation, restraint, restriction. See limited/unlimited.
2. Something that limits or restricts: check, constraint, cramp, curb, inhibition, limit, limitation, restraint, restriction, stricture, trammel. See limited/unlimited.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the act of circumscribing

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - omrids, grænse, definition, omskrivning, område

Nederlands (Dutch)
beperking, omtrek

Français (French)
n. - circonscription

Deutsch (German)
n. - Beschränkung, Einschränkung, Umschreibung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - περιγραφή (κύκλου)

Italiano (Italian)
circoscrizione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - circunscrição (f), contorno (m), distrito (m), território (m), restrição (f)

Русский (Russian)
ограничение, надпись

Español (Spanish)
n. - circunscripción, limitación, restricción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - omkrets, område, begränsning, avgränsning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
界限, 定义, 区域

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 界限, 定義, 區域

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 한계를 정함, 범위, 외접

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 制限, 限界, 範囲, 周囲に刻まれた文字, 外接, 限定

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تحديد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הגבלה, תיחום, כתובת (על מטבע)‬

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