Uncircumscribed
[sur-kuh m-skrahyb, sur-kuh m-skrahyb] /ˈsɜr kəmˌskraɪb, ˌsɜr kəmˈskraɪb/
verb (used with object), circumscribed, circumscribing.
1.
to draw a line around; encircle:
to circumscribe a city on a map.
2.
to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, especially narrowly:
Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations.
3.
to mark off; define; delimit:
to circumscribe the area of a science.
4.
Geometry.
to draw (a figure) around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible.
(of a figure) to enclose (another figure) in this manner.
circumscribe
/ˌsɜːkəmˈskraɪb; ˈsɜːkəmˌskraɪb/
verb (transitive)
1.
to restrict within limits
2.
to mark or set the bounds of
3.
to draw a geometric construction around (another construction) so that the two are in contact but do not intersect Compare inscribe (sense 4)
4.
to draw a line round
circumscribe
(sûr’kəm-skrīb’)
To draw a figure around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible. A circle that is circumscribed around a triangle touches it at each of the triangle’s three vertices.
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