1. restricted or limited in scope, extent, or activity
2. drawn around another figure so as to touch it at as many points as possible
Usage: geometry

Examples

• The new employee’s responsibilities were carefully circumscribed by company policy.
• Her freedom was circumscribed by the terms of her parole.
• The king’s power became increasingly circumscribed by parliament.
• In geometry, a circumscribed circle passes through all vertices of a polygon.
• The committee’s authority was circumscribed to budget matters only.
• His circumscribed worldview prevented him from considering other perspectives.
• The circumscribed triangle touched all three sides of the circle.