circunscrever — meaning in English
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English meaning
- circumscribe verb To draw a line all the way around something.
Senses
circunscrever is used for these senses in English:
- circumscribe To draw a line around; to encircle.
- circumscribe To limit narrowly; to restrict.
- circumscribe (geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.
circumscribe — full definition
- verb To draw a line all the way around something.
- verb To keep something within strict limits.
- verb To draw the smallest possible circle or sphere around a shape so that the shape fits exactly inside it.
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