[{"word":"circumscription","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The definition of what does and does not belong to a given taxon, from a particular taxonomic viewpoint or taxonomic system.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The circumscription in the APG system of the family Malvaceae includes the former families Bombacaceae, Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae."},{"definition":"An electoral district; used often in texts treating electoral systems in Romance countries.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/circumscription"]}]