circumscription

Noun

Meaning

An inscription written around anything.

The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.

The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mark frontier area end line term division compass precinct mete limit edge extent bound boundary
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Antonyms

liberty area choice extension license roof
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Hypernyms

restriction confinement

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Examples

The new phyletic approach changed the way that taxonomists considered plant classification, incorporating evolutionary information into their schemata, but this did little to further define the circumscription of Dioscoreaceae. Source: Internet

Authors have disagreed on the circumscription of Mentha. Source: Internet

Both the Lililiales order and the Liliaceae family have had a widely disputed history, with the circumscription varying greatly from one taxonomist to another. Source: Internet

Its circumscription was typically: * order Polygonales *: family Polygonaceae In these systems the order is placed close to the order Caryophyllales (or its predecessor Centrospermae ). Source: Internet

Since the APG II system was published in 2003, minor changes to the circumscription of the order have been made. Source: Internet

The circumscription of the genus has varied widely. Source: Internet

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