Meaning of "circumscribe" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CIRCUMSCRIBE

From Latin circumscrībere, from circum- + scrībere to write.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CIRCUMSCRIBE

circumscribe  [ˌsɜːkəmˈskraɪb]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CIRCUMSCRIBE

Circumscribe is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb circumscribe in English.

WHAT DOES CIRCUMSCRIBE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Circumscribed circle

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 and its radius is called the circumradius. A polygon which has a circumscribed circle is called a cyclic polygon. All regular simple polygons, isosceles trapezoids, all triangles and all rectangles are cyclic. A related notion is the one of a minimum bounding circle, which is the smallest circle that completely contains the polygon within it. Not every polygon has a circumscribed circle, as the vertices of a polygon do not need to all lie on a circle, but every polygon has a unique minimum bounding circle, which may be constructed by a linear time algorithm. Even if a polygon has a circumscribed circle, it may not coincide with its minimum bounding circle; for example, for an obtuse triangle, the minimum bounding circle has the longest side as diameter and does not pass through the opposite vertex.

Definition of circumscribe in the English dictionary

The first definition of circumscribe in the dictionary is to restrict within limits. Other definition of circumscribe is to mark or set the bounds of. Circumscribe is also to draw a line round.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CIRCUMSCRIBE

PRESENT

Present

I circumscribe

you circumscribe

he/she/it circumscribes

we circumscribe

you circumscribe

they circumscribe

Present continuous

I am circumscribing

you are circumscribing

he/she/it is circumscribing

we are circumscribing

you are circumscribing

they are circumscribing

Present perfect

I have circumscribed

you have circumscribed

he/she/it has circumscribed

we have circumscribed

you have circumscribed

they have circumscribed

Present perfect continuous

I have been circumscribing

you have been circumscribing

he/she/it has been circumscribing

we have been circumscribing

you have been circumscribing

they have been circumscribing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I circumscribed

you circumscribed

he/she/it circumscribed

we circumscribed

you circumscribed

they circumscribed

Past continuous

I was circumscribing

you were circumscribing

he/she/it was circumscribing

we were circumscribing

you were circumscribing

they were circumscribing

Past perfect

I had circumscribed

you had circumscribed

he/she/it had circumscribed

we had circumscribed

you had circumscribed

they had circumscribed

Past perfect continuous

I had been circumscribing

you had been circumscribing

he/she/it had been circumscribing

we had been circumscribing

you had been circumscribing

they had been circumscribing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will circumscribe

you will circumscribe

he/she/it will circumscribe

we will circumscribe

you will circumscribe

they will circumscribe

Future continuous

I will be circumscribing

you will be circumscribing

he/she/it will be circumscribing

we will be circumscribing

you will be circumscribing

they will be circumscribing

Future perfect

I will have circumscribed

you will have circumscribed

he/she/it will have circumscribed

we will have circumscribed

you will have circumscribed

they will have circumscribed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been circumscribing

you will have been circumscribing

he/she/it will have been circumscribing

we will have been circumscribing

you will have been circumscribing

they will have been circumscribing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would circumscribe

you would circumscribe

he/she/it would circumscribe

we would circumscribe

you would circumscribe

they would circumscribe

Conditional continuous

I would be circumscribing

you would be circumscribing

he/she/it would be circumscribing

we would be circumscribing

you would be circumscribing

they would be circumscribing

Conditional perfect

I would have circumscribe

you would have circumscribe

he/she/it would have circumscribe

we would have circumscribe

you would have circumscribe

they would have circumscribe

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been circumscribing

you would have been circumscribing

he/she/it would have been circumscribing

we would have been circumscribing

you would have been circumscribing

they would have been circumscribing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you circumscribe
we let´s circumscribe
you circumscribe

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to circumscribe

Past participle

circumscribed

Present Participle

circumscribing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CIRCUMSCRIBE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «circumscribe» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of circumscribe

bound · confine · define · delimit · delineate · demarcate · encircle · enclose · encompass · environ · limit · restrain · restrict · straiten · surround

TRANSLATION OF CIRCUMSCRIBE

Find out the translation of circumscribe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of circumscribe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «circumscribe» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 外接
• Translator English - Spanish: circunscribir
• English: circumscribe
• Translator English - Hindi: प्रतिबंध लगाना
• Translator English - Arabic: تطويق
• Translator English - Russian: ограничить
• Translator English - Portuguese: circunscrever
• Translator English - Bengali: বেষ্টন করা
• Translator English - French: limiter
• Translator English - Malay: Melampirkan
• Translator English - German: umschreiben
• Translator English - Japanese: 囲む
• Translator English - Korean: 주위에 경계선을 긋다
• Translator English - Javanese: B
• Translator English - Vietnamese: hạn chế
• Translator English - Tamil: எல்லைக்குட்படுத்துவதை
• Translator English - Marathi: वर्तुळाकार
• Translator English - Turkish: çemberlemek
• Translator English - Italian: circoscrivere
• Translator English - Polish: zakreślenia
• Translator English - Ukrainian: обмежити
• Translator English - Romanian: circumscrie
• Translator English - Greek: οριοθετούν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: omskryf
• Translator English - Swedish: omskriva
• Translator English - Norwegian: omgi

3 QUOTES WITH «CIRCUMSCRIBE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word circumscribe.

1

Scott McCloud

Webcomics are much bigger than any one scene can circumscribe.

2

Samuel Richardson

The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to circumscribe the bad.

3

Frances Wright

It is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the most important and influential.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIRCUMSCRIBE»

Discover the use of circumscribe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to circumscribe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The circle of the mechanical arts

In and about a given circle, to inscribe and circumscribe a square. 1st. To inscribe a square in a given circle. ->,-. Draw the diameter F G, and through the centre H draw the perpendicular EH I; join EG,-EF, FI, and I G. The inscribed figure ...

Thomas Martin (civil engineer.), 1813

Nattes's Practical geometry, or Introduction to perspective. ...

72 BOOK IV. ' - OF THE CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF FIGURES. I. To circumscribe a Circle about a given Triangle . . ib. II. To circumscribe a Circle about a Square . . / 3 III. To circumscribe about" a Circle a Triangle similar to a given Triangle- ib. ГУ".

Sébastien Le Clerc, John Claude Nattes, 1805

Nattes's Practical Geometry, Or Introduction to Perspective

OF THE CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF FIGURES. I. To circumscribe a Circle about a given Triangle . . ib. II. To circumscribe a Circle about a Square 73 III. To circumscribe about a Circle a Triangle similar to a given Triangle ib. IV. To circumscribe a ...

Sébastien Le Clerc, John Claude Nattes, 1805

Dictionary of Classical and Theoretical Mathematics

See circumference of a circle, great circle. circumscribe Generally a plane (or solid) figure F circumscribes a polygon (or polyhedron) P if the region bounded by F contains the region bounded by P and if every vertex of P is incident with F. In ...

Catherine Cavagnaro, William T. Haight, II, 2001

Nattes's Practical Geometry, or Introduction to perspective. ...

72 BOOK IV. OF THE CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF FIGURES. I. To circumscribe a Circle about a given Triangle . . ib. II. To circumscrbe a Circle about a Square . . . 73 III. To circumscribe about a Circle a Triangle similar to a given Triangle ib. IV.

Sébastien Le Clerc, John Claude NATTES, William Henry Pyne, 1805

The First Steps in Geometry

Circumscribe a square about a circle. 4. Circumscribe a regular octagon about a circle. 5. Inscribe a regular hexagon in a circle. 6. Inscribe an equilateral triangle in a circle. 7. Circumscribe a regular hexagon about a circle. 8. Circumscribe an ...

George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill, 1901

Practical geometry for the architect, engineer, surveyor and ...

Edward Wyndham Tarn. INSCRIBED AND CIRCUMSCRIBED POLYGONS. PAOB 84. In a given circle to inscribe a triangle similar to a given triangle .......... 58 85. About a given circle to circumscribe a triangle similar to a given triangle .

Edward Wyndham Tarn, 1871

The New Royal Road to Geometry, and Familiar Introduction to ...

To circumscribe a given Triangle with a Circle - 51 ' 5. To inscribe and circumscribe Squares, in and about Circles $2 i, 6. To inscribe and circumscribe CircUi, inand about Squares ib, 7. To inscribe a regular Pentagon in a Circle 53 8 .

Thomas Malton, 1793

English synonyms explained: with copious illustrations and ...

TO BOUND, LIMIT, CONFINE, CIRCUMSCRIBE, RESTRICT. Bound comes from the verb bind, signifying that which binds fast or close to an object; Unit, from the Latin limes a landmark, signifies to draw a line which is to be the exteriour line or  ...

George Crabb, 1844

English Synonymes, with Copious Illustrations and ...

TO BOUND, LIMIT, CONFINE, CIRCUMSCRIBE, RESTRICT. Hound comes from the verb bind, signifying that which binds last or close to an object; limit, from the Lalin times a landmark, signifies 10 draw a line which is to be the exteriour line ...

George Crabb, 1854

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIRCUMSCRIBE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term circumscribe is used in the context of the following news items.

ROBERT MCFARLANE: How Iran turns lemons into high-octane …

... five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council (plus Germany), focused on measures to circumscribe its nuclear weapons program. «Washington Times, Jul 15»

Fr. Marcel Guarnizo: The Case that Lost Marriage

The argument that consent is all that is needed denies that natural limitations can circumscribe or limit the parties to the marital union. If natural ... «Pewsitter, Jul 15»

Supreme Court overturns EPA air toxic rule for coal-fired power plants

Losing this case might be a blow to the air toxics program and might circumscribe federal agencies' future use of Chevron deference in some ... «Electric Light & Power, Jul 15»

Holy See: Promotion of Religious Liberty a priority for world community

... circumscribe the terms, timing or agenda of inter-religious dialogue or undermine religious freedom to express legitimate diversity of opinion ... «Vatican Radio, Jul 15»

The Ontology of Corporatism in Oceania

The 'opportunity cost' of Empiricism has come in the Western World to circumscribe so much already in the relatively short period which our ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»

MF Global gave implied indemnity for section 75 liability

The references in the 2009 agreement to pension “contributions' did not exclude the section 75 debt, as the legislation did not circumscribe ... «Lexology, Jul 15»

Catholic economist: Pope has 'measured' critique of US economy

... that is “indifferent to the poor and ideologically rejects any need to circumscribe the economy within a legal, political and cultural framework.”. «The Catholic Sun, Jul 15»

Origin and evolution of Petrocosmea (Gesneriaceae) inferred from …

Any one morphological character is not problematic in and of itself but can circumscribe non-monophyletic groups when used in isolation, a priori, as being more ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»

Peak Leftism? Don't Bet on It.

Current failures to circumscribe or compel religious institutions to fall in line with leftist orthodoxy won't daunt the left. The high court's ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»

Peer-Review Experts in Custody Litigation

... role, the testimony is likely to be rejected. This article will focus on the role of the peer reviewer and the parameters that circumscribe that role. «New York Law Journal, Jul 15»