单词 | circumscribed |
释义 | circumscribedadj. 1. Limited, confined, restricted: see circumscribe v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adjective] narroweOE restraint1445 modifiedc1485 limitate1541 restricteda1550 strait-laced1549 scant1556 circumcised1561 contract1561 restrained1578 determinate1586 limited1590 restrict1597 strict1597 confined1605 determineda1616 limitary1620 prescript1645 modificated1646 circumscribed1647 conscribed1654 limitated1654 reserved1654 coarctated1655 straiteneda1665 unabsolute1694 stinted1710 bounded1711 contracted1711 cramped1741 special1815 municipal1856 fine-cut1894 stingy1927 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited narroweOE restraint1445 modifiedc1485 limitate1541 restricteda1550 scant1556 contract1561 limited1590 confined1605 limitary1620 prescript1645 modificated1646 circumscribed1647 limitated1654 reserved1654 coarctated1655 unabsolute1694 bounded1711 contracted1711 cramped1741 crimped1828 stingy1927 1647 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts (1727) 447 This restrained and circumscribed estimate of God's mercies. 1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. xii. 523 The circumscribed extent of the territories. 2. Having clearly defined limits; in Pathology applied spec. to tumours, etc., having well-defined edges. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [adjective] > having boundary terminatea1500 circumscriptible?1550 circumscript1564 circumscriptive1564 boundedc1600 limitatec1600 disterminate?1615 circumscribed1739 space-bound1934 1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lxiii. 220 A circumscribed Tumour. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 19 A more than ordinarily well-circumscribed group. 3. Geometry. Of a figure: Described about another. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > being acted upon > drawn circumscribed1571 circumscribing1571 inscribed1571 adscribed1625 describing1696 inscriptible1705 inscribable1846 circumscribable1878 1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria Pref. sig. T j Circumscribed and inscribed bodies. 1807 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) II. 247 As the content of the paraboloid to the content of its circumscribed cylinder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1571 |
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