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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cir·cum·scrip·tion /ˌsɝkṃˈskrɪpʃən/
 界限,區域,定義

From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary

 circumscription
 界限

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cir·cum·scrip·tion n.
 1. An inscription written around anything. [R.]
 2. The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.
 3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.
    The circumscriptions of terrestrial nature.   --Johnson.
 I would not my unhoused, free condition
 Put into circumscription and confine.   --Shak.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 circumscription
      n : the act of circumscribing