circumscription

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌsɜː.kəmˈskɹɪp.ʃən/    美 /ˌsɝ.kəmˈskɹɪp.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed. countable,uncountable
  2. Anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area. countable,uncountable
  3. The definition of what does and does not belong to a given taxon, from a particular taxonomic viewpoint or taxonomic system. countable,uncountable
    — The circumscription in the APG system of the family Malvaceae includes the former families Bombacaceae, Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae.
  4. An electoral district; used often in texts treating electoral systems in Romance countries. countable,uncountable

词形变化

circumscriptions plural

词汇关系

衍生词
circumscriptional incircumscription recircumscription
相关词
circumscribe

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.
Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.
Latin circus
Latin circum
Latin circum-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
Proto-Italic *skreiβō
Latin scrībō
Latin circumscribō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin circumscrīptiōbor.
English circumscription
Borrowed from Latin circumscrīptiō.
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