delineationn.

Brit.

/dᵻˌlɪnɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S.

/dəˌlɪniˈeɪʃən/,

/diˌlɪniˈeɪʃən/

Forms: 1500s delineacion, 1500s–1600s deliniation, 1500s– delineation.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French delineacion, délinéation; Latin delineation-, delineatio.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French delineacion, delineation, French délinéation outline, draft, sketch (end of the 15th cent.), act of tracing or marking out an object with lines (16th cent.), drawing, diagram, figure, portrayal, depiction (1611 in Cotgrave), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin delineation-, delineatio description, sketch (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), map, plan (late 4th cent. in Jerome) < classical Latin dēlīneāt- , past participial stem of dēlīneāre delineate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹.Compare Spanish delineación , Italian delineazione (late 16th cent. in the passage translated in quot. 1594 at sense 4, or earlier), Portuguese delineação (a1542), all in the sense ‘portrayal, depiction’.

1. The action or an act of outlining a plan, proposal, or subject; the making of a first or rough draft of a text, picture, etc. Frequently also concrete: an outline, draft, or sketch. Now rare.In quot. 1678 in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > a plan or diagram > rough sketch

delineation1551

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perigraph1753

1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. ii. sig. a.ij^v Suche as bee not exercised in the studie of Geometrye, shall finde greate ease and furtheraunce by this simple..forme of writinge. And shall perceaue the exacte woorkes of Theon..a greate deale the sooner [printed somner], by this blunte delineacion afore hande to them taughte.

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 939 Painters..when they intend to paint a King, first draw out the proportion upon a table..a man may by that deliniation..easely perceiue that the Image of a King is there painted.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. Seneca in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 132 In the Seed is conteined the Whole Delineation of the Future man.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature 6 I call it only a Delineation, or rude draught.

1814 Port Folio Sept. 275 The ‘Corsair’ bears a strong resemblance to the later poems of lord Byron, possesses..the same evidences of haste, we may say hurry, in the conception and delineation of the plan.

1991 H. Oosthout Modes of Knowl. ii. 26 In a first rough delineation of his subject, Plotinus hints at the positions of both Aristotle and Sextus Empiricus.

a. The action or an act of tracing or marking out an object, feature, figure, etc., with lines, as on a map; the drawing of a diagram, geometrical figure, etc. Frequently also concrete: a drawing, diagram, or figure.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun]

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graphic design1956

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 10^v Wherupon follow diuers delineations and constructions.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. viii. 314 In the deliniations of many Maps of Africa, the River Niger exceedeth it about ten degrees in length.

1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 234 The delineations of the sphere have by the Greeks..been greatly abused.

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 335 There are generally several colours together, and these are arranged in striped, dotted, and clouded delineations.

1945 C. E. Balleisen Princ. Firearms ii. 8 LeDuc's method will permit the delineation of the curves relating the pressure and velocity to the instantaneous positions of the projectile in the barrel.

2009 Imago Mundi 61 74/2 The topographical delineation on the globe in Abu'l Hasan's painting is similar to that on European globes and maps.

b. The establishment or marking of a border or boundary. Also: a border or boundary.

ΚΠ

1769 J. Brown Dict. Holy Bible II. 235/1 It relates the history of..a delineation of the borders of Canaan, and an appointment of twelve persons to divide it.

1904 Q. Texas State Hist. Assoc. 7 187 The line of New Mexico crossed the Norte at the 32d parallel and then ran almost north to the 38th.., so by this delineation the committee's line would take no part of the territory of New Mexico.

2013 N.Y. Mag. 27 May 21/3 Following engine burnout, its momentum will continue its acceleration through..the Karman Line, the somewhat arbitrary delineation of space.

c. A distinction that exists or is made between things; a division, difference. Frequently with between.

ΚΠ

1879 Chronicle (N.Y.) 27 Mar. 195/1 It is in the delicate delineation between the interests of the company and those of the customer that the tact and integrity of an agent come into play.

1900 Goshen (Indiana) Mid-week Times 23 Oct. It is vital that the independence of the commercial power and the police power, and the delineation between them..should always be recognized and observed.

2004 Time Out N.Y. 1 July 57/1 An exhibit challenging the delineation between ‘sound art’ and ‘visual art’.

3. The action of portraying in words; the describing of something or someone, esp. precisely, authoritatively, or in detail; (now frequently) the definition of the extent or scope of a role, task, etc. Also: an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun]

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descriptivism1935

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 12^v I haue (right willyng Reader) in the delineation of these bones, imitated somwhat narrowly the iudgement of Collumbus.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity v. 11 Let us begin then with the delineation of the first member of this hideous Mystery.

1784 W. Cowper Let. 10 Oct. (1981) II. 285 My delineations of the heart are from my own experience.

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 179 Xenophon's delineation of Athenian manners.

1936 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 4 Sept. 5/2 Contributory characters are introduced into the plot with almost Dickenesque suddenness and skill in delineation.

2014 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 13 May b8 Another critical element is providing a clear delineation of roles and functions.

4. The representation of a person or thing in pictorial form; portrayal, depiction; (concrete) a picture or likeness. Also: the representation or portrayal of a character on stage.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > pictorial representation

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pictorialization1901

picturization1913

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > a picture

metingOE

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1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits vii. 90 If with a bad pensill he draw ill fauoured shapes, and of bad delineation [It. delineatione].

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 17 If Galen would not haue Plants and Hearbes painted..how would hee haue endured the delineation of the parts of our body?

1772 J. Rutty Ess. Nat. Hist. Dublin I. 375 A small shell-fish about the bigness of a wall-nut, which has something like the delineation of a human face upon it.

1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. i. 12 This delineation..taken from a manuscript and illuminated early in the fourteenth century.

1933 Daily Mail 20 Apr. 17/6 Perhaps the peculiarities of Dick are too difficult for delineation on the stage.

2018 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Nov. There's a sensuous compassion in his portrait of the youth, an empathy intensified by Warhol's adoring delineation of his beautiful face.

†5. Transmission through a direct line of inheritance; lineal descent. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun]

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1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xvii. f. 69^v From him by order of delineation and rightfull succession, the kingdome discended to Arimba.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	delineation
释义	delineationn. Brit. /dᵻˌlɪnɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /dəˌlɪniˈeɪʃən/, /diˌlɪniˈeɪʃən/ Forms: 1500s delineacion, 1500s–1600s deliniation, 1500s– delineation. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French delineacion, délinéation; Latin delineation-, delineatio. Etymology: < (i) Middle French delineacion, delineation, French délinéation outline, draft, sketch (end of the 15th cent.), act of tracing or marking out an object with lines (16th cent.), drawing, diagram, figure, portrayal, depiction (1611 in Cotgrave), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin delineation-, delineatio description, sketch (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), map, plan (late 4th cent. in Jerome) < classical Latin dēlīneāt- , past participial stem of dēlīneāre delineate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹.Compare Spanish delineación , Italian delineazione (late 16th cent. in the passage translated in quot. 1594 at sense 4, or earlier), Portuguese delineação (a1542), all in the sense ‘portrayal, depiction’. 1. The action or an act of outlining a plan, proposal, or subject; the making of a first or rough draft of a text, picture, etc. Frequently also concrete: an outline, draft, or sketch. Now rare.In quot. 1678 in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > a plan or diagram > rough sketch delineation1551 scantling1567 roughcast1579 perigraph1753 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. ii. sig. a.ij^v Suche as bee not exercised in the studie of Geometrye, shall finde greate ease and furtheraunce by this simple..forme of writinge. And shall perceaue the exacte woorkes of Theon..a greate deale the sooner [printed somner], by this blunte delineacion afore hande to them taughte. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 939 Painters..when they intend to paint a King, first draw out the proportion upon a table..a man may by that deliniation..easely perceiue that the Image of a King is there painted. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Seneca in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 132 In the Seed is conteined the Whole Delineation of the Future man. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature 6 I call it only a Delineation, or rude draught. 1814 Port Folio Sept. 275 The ‘Corsair’ bears a strong resemblance to the later poems of lord Byron, possesses..the same evidences of haste, we may say hurry, in the conception and delineation of the plan. 1991 H. Oosthout Modes of Knowl. ii. 26 In a first rough delineation of his subject, Plotinus hints at the positions of both Aristotle and Sextus Empiricus. 2. a. The action or an act of tracing or marking out an object, feature, figure, etc., with lines, as on a map; the drawing of a diagram, geometrical figure, etc. Frequently also concrete: a drawing, diagram, or figure. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] tracingc1440 drawing1467 draught1551 protracture1551 delineation1570 proposition1584 delineating1603 protracting1661 iconography1678 graphic design1956 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 10^v Wherupon follow diuers delineations and constructions. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. viii. 314 In the deliniations of many Maps of Africa, the River Niger exceedeth it about ten degrees in length. View more context for this quotation 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 234 The delineations of the sphere have by the Greeks..been greatly abused. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 335 There are generally several colours together, and these are arranged in striped, dotted, and clouded delineations. 1945 C. E. Balleisen Princ. Firearms ii. 8 LeDuc's method will permit the delineation of the curves relating the pressure and velocity to the instantaneous positions of the projectile in the barrel. 2009 Imago Mundi 61 74/2 The topographical delineation on the globe in Abu'l Hasan's painting is similar to that on European globes and maps. b. The establishment or marking of a border or boundary. Also: a border or boundary. ΚΠ 1769 J. Brown Dict. Holy Bible II. 235/1 It relates the history of..a delineation of the borders of Canaan, and an appointment of twelve persons to divide it. 1904 Q. Texas State Hist. Assoc. 7 187 The line of New Mexico crossed the Norte at the 32d parallel and then ran almost north to the 38th.., so by this delineation the committee's line would take no part of the territory of New Mexico. 2013 N.Y. Mag. 27 May 21/3 Following engine burnout, its momentum will continue its acceleration through..the Karman Line, the somewhat arbitrary delineation of space. c. A distinction that exists or is made between things; a division, difference. Frequently with between. ΚΠ 1879 Chronicle (N.Y.) 27 Mar. 195/1 It is in the delicate delineation between the interests of the company and those of the customer that the tact and integrity of an agent come into play. 1900 Goshen (Indiana) Mid-week Times 23 Oct. It is vital that the independence of the commercial power and the police power, and the delineation between them..should always be recognized and observed. 2004 Time Out N.Y. 1 July 57/1 An exhibit challenging the delineation between ‘sound art’ and ‘visual art’. 3. The action of portraying in words; the describing of something or someone, esp. precisely, authoritatively, or in detail; (now frequently) the definition of the extent or scope of a role, task, etc. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] descrivingc1325 declaration1382 descriptiona1387 devisementc1400 descrying1440 presentmentc1454 describing1553 delineation1578 display1583 presentation1597 representationa1602 diction1604 characterism1608 deciphera1670 characterization1801 redescription1839 descriptivism1935 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 12^v I haue (right willyng Reader) in the delineation of these bones, imitated somwhat narrowly the iudgement of Collumbus. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity v. 11 Let us begin then with the delineation of the first member of this hideous Mystery. 1784 W. Cowper Let. 10 Oct. (1981) II. 285 My delineations of the heart are from my own experience. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 179 Xenophon's delineation of Athenian manners. 1936 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 4 Sept. 5/2 Contributory characters are introduced into the plot with almost Dickenesque suddenness and skill in delineation. 2014 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 13 May b8 Another critical element is providing a clear delineation of roles and functions. 4. The representation of a person or thing in pictorial form; portrayal, depiction; (concrete) a picture or likeness. Also: the representation or portrayal of a character on stage. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > pictorial representation portraiturea1393 portrayc1415 picture?a1439 similitudea1450 depicture?a1513 zography1570 picturing1585 description1590 delineament1593 delineation1594 delineature1611 depiction1688 zoography1814 portrayal1847 depicturing1850 depicturementa1866 pictorialism1869 depicting1885 pictorialization1901 picturization1913 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > a picture metingOE portraiturea1393 picture?a1425 piece1503 portrait1560 pictural1590 composure?1606 transumpt1629 composition1753 delineation1772 depictment1816 vraisemblance1857 piccy1865 pic1884 pitcher1915 pictorial1949 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits vii. 90 If with a bad pensill he draw ill fauoured shapes, and of bad delineation [It. delineatione]. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 17 If Galen would not haue Plants and Hearbes painted..how would hee haue endured the delineation of the parts of our body? 1772 J. Rutty Ess. Nat. Hist. Dublin I. 375 A small shell-fish about the bigness of a wall-nut, which has something like the delineation of a human face upon it. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. i. 12 This delineation..taken from a manuscript and illuminated early in the fourteenth century. 1933 Daily Mail 20 Apr. 17/6 Perhaps the peculiarities of Dick are too difficult for delineation on the stage. 2018 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Nov. There's a sensuous compassion in his portrait of the youth, an empathy intensified by Warhol's adoring delineation of his beautiful face. †5. Transmission through a direct line of inheritance; lineal descent. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] kinc892 strindc900 i-cundeOE bloodOE kindredOE birtha1250 strainc1275 gesta1300 offspring?a1300 lineagea1330 descentc1330 linec1330 progenya1382 generationc1384 engendrurec1390 ancestry?a1400 genealogya1400 kind?a1400 stranda1400 coming?a1425 bedc1430 descencec1443 descension1447 ligneea1450 originc1450 family1474 originala1475 extraction1477 nativityc1485 parentelea1492 stirpc1503 stem?c1550 race1563 parentage1565 brood1590 ancientry1596 descendance1599 breeding1600 descendancy1603 delineation1606 extract1631 ancestory1650 agnation1782 havage1799 engendure1867 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xvii. f. 69^v From him by order of delineation and rightfull succession, the kingdome discended to Arimba. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1551
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