The circumscription in the APG system of the family Malvaceae includes the former families Bombacaceae, Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae.
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Circumscription
//ˌsɜː.kəmˈskɹɪp.ʃən//
Synonyms for "circumscription" (174 found)
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concessioncondensationconfineconfinementconfinesconsolidationconstraintconstrictionconstringencycontractioncontracturecoordinatescordoningcrampcrampingcurtailmentcutoffcutoff pointdeadlinedebarment
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debarringdecreasedefinitiondelimitationdemarcationdeterminantdeterminationdiminuendodivision lineedgesembargoenclosureendenvelopmentexceptionexclusionexemptionextenuating circumstancesextremityfinishfloorfringesfrontiergrain of saltgranthedgehedginghigh water markhigh-water markhourglasshourglass figureimmurement
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imprisonmentinadmissibilityincarcerationinclusioninjunctioninterfaceisthmusknittinglimenlimitlimitationlimitationslimiting factorlimitslineline of demarcationlockoutlow-water marklower limitmarch
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marchesmarkmental reservationmetemetesmetes and boundsmodificationnarrow placenarrowingnecknonadmissionomissionoutlineoutlinesoutskirtspaleparameterparametersperimeterperipherypreclusionprohibitionpuckeringpursingqualificationquarantinereductionrejectionrelegationrepudiationreservationrestraintrestrictionsalvoshorteningsiegeskirtskirtssolidificationspecial casespecial treatmentspecialnessspecificationstartstarting linestarting pointstintstipulationstranglementstrangulationstrictstrictionstricturesystoletabootarget datetermterminal dateterminusthresholdtime allotmentupper limitvergevergeswaiverwasp waistwrinkling
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15 translations across 7 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- omskrywing noun (act of circumscribing; quality of being circumscribed)
Estonian
1 entries- piiramine noun (act of circumscribing; quality of being circumscribed)
Finnish
3 entries- rajaus noun (taxonomy: definition of what belongs in a taxon)
- ympyröinti noun (act of circumscribing; quality of being circumscribed)
- ympyröinti noun (anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area)
Galician
3 entries- circunscrición noun (act of circumscribing; quality of being circumscribed)
- circunscrición noun (anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area)
- circunscrición noun (taxonomy: definition of what belongs in a taxon)
Italian
3 entries- circoscrizione noun (act of circumscribing; quality of being circumscribed)
- circoscrizione noun (anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area)
- circoscrizione noun (taxonomy: definition of what belongs in a taxon)
Portuguese
3 entries- circunscrição noun (act of circumscribing; quality of being circumscribed)
- circunscrição noun (anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area)
- circunscrição noun (taxonomy: definition of what belongs in a taxon)
Spanish
1 entries- circunscripción noun (act of circumscribing; quality of being circumscribed)
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