circumscribed

«circumscribed» in Mova's school dictionary: Limited or restricted: «a circumscribed life» is one with… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (circumscribe, circumscribes, circumscribed, circumscribing); adjective (circumscribed)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Limited or restricted: «a circumscribed life» is one with narrow limits. tree →

2) (maths) Drawn around a shape so that it touches it: a circumscribed circle passes through every corner of a triangle or polygon. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geometry a circumscribed circle (circumcircle) goes round a shape through all its vertices; an inscribed circle sits inside touching each side. In formal writing «circumscribed» means kept within limits, by rules, money or illness.

examples

• The teacher drew a circle circumscribed about the triangle. tree →
• A circumscribed circle touches every corner of the square. tree →
• Her freedom was circumscribed by strict rules. tree →
• In the old days girls lived very circumscribed lives. tree →
• The king's power was circumscribed by the law. tree →
• Draw the circle that circumscribes the regular hexagon. tree →

note

Built from Latin «circum» (around) + «scribe» (write, draw). In maths: circumscribed = drawn outside around a shape; inscribed = drawn inside. For a regular hexagon, the radius of the circumscribed circle equals the side length.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «circumscribed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.