Definitions for "Circumscription"
Circumscription is a non-monotonic logic created by John McCarthy to formalize the common sense assumption that things are as expected unless otherwise specified. Circumscription was later used by McCarthy in an attempt to solve the frame problem. In its original first-order logic formulation, circumscription minimizes the extension of some predicates, where the extension of a predicate is the set of tuples of values the predicate is true on.
The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.
the act of circumscribing
The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.
An inscription written around anything.