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delimitation|dɪlɪmɪˈteɪʃən| [a. F. délimitation (1773 in Hatzf.), n. of action from délimiter to delimit.] The action of delimiting; the fact of being delimited; determination of a limit or boundary; esp. of the frontier of a territory.
1836Sir H. Taylor Statesman xvi. 116 The delimitation of those bounds within which a statesman's dispensation should be confined. 1868Gladstone Juv. Mundi iv. (1869) 110 They [territorial names] came to signify districts of fixed and known delimitation. 1884Leeds Mercury 13 Mar., The delimitation of the frontier of Turkestan and Kashgar. |