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What does circumscription mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed.
  2. Anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area.
  3. (taxonomy) The definition of what does and does not belong to a given taxon, from a particular taxonomic viewpoint or taxonomic system.
  4. An electoral district; used often in texts treating electoral systems in Romance countries.
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They were sensible that this province admitted not of any exact boundary or circumscription.
One short distribution and circumscription of historical ages will soon place matters in a more hopeful aspect.
It would not do to allege our human inability to conceive, or in imagination to draw, such a circumscription.
In educational matters it falls within the circumscription of the acadmie of Toulouse.
Reasoning by circumscription thus turns on giving minimal models a preferential status.
The agreement covers the whole of the circumscription of the port within the Community boundaries.

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