1. the act or process of drawing a line around something; the state of being enclosed or bounded
2. a restriction or limit placed on something; a confining condition or boundary
3. in geometry, a figure drawn around another figure so as to touch it at certain points
Usage: technical

Examples

• The circumscription of the park by a fence kept visitors on designated paths.
• The contract imposed strict circumscriptions on how the funds could be used.
• Without circumscription, the project would have expanded far beyond its original scope.
• The circumscription of power in the constitution protects individual rights.
• The artist drew a circle as the circumscription of the inscribed square.
• Legal circumscriptions prevent companies from operating in certain industries.
• The circumscription of the ancient city was marked by stone walls.