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circumscribed::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of circumscribed
circumscribed
The childhood the narrator describes is a painful one circumscribed by absences.
From the boston.com
The investigation Holder has directed Durham to conduct is sharply circumscribed.
From the newsweek.com
This case made Murtagh famous, but it also, ironically, circumscribed his career.
From the washingtonpost.com
However, shadows are always ready to fall across these circumscribed paradises.
From the guardian.co.uk
Growing up in Detroit, he led a life somewhat circumscribed by chronic asthma.
From the philly.com
His life, like so many others around here, has been circumscribed by conflict.
From the nytimes.com
In my view, that part of the conversation should be circumscribed and ignored.
From the scienceblogs.com
On all of these the president is circumscribed by political deadlock in Washington.
From the economist.com
He may practice in some very scripted and circumscribed circumstances if he wishes.
From the sacbee.com
- Draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"
- Limit: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
- To draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
- (circumscribed) subject to limits or subjected to limits
- In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle which passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter.
- (circumscribing) the relationship stage that finds both the quality and quantity of communication between the parties decreasing.
- Restrain by drawing a line around; limit or restrict actions to a small area within narrow boundaries.
- To draw a line or lines around something; to encircle, as when enclosing (perhaps a polygon or polyhedron ) within lines, curves, or surfaces. To determine the limits of; to define or restrict.
- 1. A triangle located round a polygon such as a circle. 2 To draw a figure around another, touching it at points but not cutting it.
