circumscribable
Variant of circumscribe
circumscribe
Definition
cir·cum·scribe (sʉr′kəm skrīb′, sʉr′kəm skrīb′)
transitive verb circumscribed -·scribed′, circumscribing -·scrib′·ing
- to trace a line around; encircle; encompass
- to set or mark off the limits of; limit; confine
- to restrict the action of; restrain
- Geom.
- to draw a plane figure around (another plane figure) either to intersect each vertex of the inner figure, as a circle around a square, or to have each side of the outer figure tangent to the inner figure, as a square around a circle
- to enclose a solid figure within (another solid figure) in a similar manner, as a cube within a sphere or a sphere within a cube
Etymology: ME circumscriben < L circumscribere: see circum- & scribe
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