describe

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To represent in words.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) (mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) (biology) To scientifically reveal a new species by technically explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other species.

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