cir·cum·scrip·tion 
(sûr′kəm-skrĭpshən)
(sûr′kəm-skrĭpshən)n.
1. The act of circumscribing or the state of being circumscribed.
2. Something, such as a limit or restriction, that circumscribes.
3. A circumscribed space or area.
4. A circular inscription, as on a medallion.
[Latin circumscrīptiō, circumscrīptiōn-, from circumscrīptus, past participle of circumscrībere, to circumscribe; see CIRCUMSCRIBE.]
cir′cum·scriptive adj.
- Indo-European root: ken-
- Indo-European root: kenk-
- Indo-European root: kens-
- Indo-European root: kent-
- Indo-European root: ker-
- Indo-European root: ker-
- Indo-European root: ker-
- Indo-European root: kerd-
- Indo-European root: kerp-
- Indo-European root: kers-
- Indo-European root: kerə-
- Indo-European root: kes-
- Indo-European root: keuə-
- Indo-European root: klei-
- Indo-European root: kleu-
- Indo-European root: ko-
- Indo-European root: kob-
- Indo-European root: kom
- Indo-European root: konk-
- Indo-European root: koro-
- Indo-European root: kost-
- Indo-European root: kous-
- Indo-European root: krei-
- Indo-European root: kreus-
- Indo-European root: kreuə-