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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumscribed/#m1)

2) (maths) Drawn around a shape so that it touches it: a circumscribed circle passes through every corner of a triangle or polygon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumscribed/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumscribed/#x1)
- A circumscribed circle touches every corner of the square. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumscribed/#x2)
- Her freedom was circumscribed by strict rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumscribed/#x3)
- In the old days girls lived very circumscribed lives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumscribed/#x4)
- The king's power was circumscribed by the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumscribed/#x5)
- Draw the circle that circumscribes the regular hexagon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumscribed/#x6)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circumscribed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.