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circumscribed, ppl. a.|sɜːkəmˈskraɪbd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Limited, confined, restricted: see prec., sense 2.
1647Clarendon Contempl. Ps. Tracts (1727) 447 This restrained and circumscribed estimate of God's mercies. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India II. 523 The circumscribed extent of the territories.
2. Having clearly defined limits; in Path. applied spec. to tumours, etc., having well-defined edges.
1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 211 A circumscribed Tumour. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life Introd. 19 A more than ordinarily well-circumscribed group.
3. Geom. Of a figure: Described about another.
1571Digges Pantom. iv. Pref. T j, Circumscribed and inscribed bodies. 1807Hutton Course Math. II. 247 As the content of the paraboloid to the content of its circumscribed cylinder. |