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delimitation
de·lim·it D0112300 (dĭ-lĭm′ĭt) also de·lim·i·tate (-ĭ-tāt′)tr.v. de·lim·it·ed, de·lim·it·ing, de·lim·its also de·lim·i·tat·ed or de·lim·i·tat·ing or de·lim·i·tates To establish the limits or boundaries of; demarcate. [French délimiter, from Latin dēlīmitāre : dē-, de- + līmitāre, to limit (from līmes, līmit-, boundary line).] de·lim′i·ta′tion n.de·lim′i·ta′tive adj.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | delimitation - a line that indicates a boundary border, borderline, boundary line, meteboundary, bounds, bound - the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of somethingcircumference, circuit - the boundary line encompassing an area or object; "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe"fence line - a boundary line created by a fenceproperty line - the boundary line between two pieces of propertystate boundary, state line - the boundary between two states | Translationsdelimitation
de·lim·i·ta·tion (dĕ-lim'i-tā'shŭn), Marking off; putting bounds or limits; preventing the spread of a morbid process in the body or of a disease in the community. [L. de-limito, pp. -atus, to bound, fr. limes, boundary] de·lim·i·ta·tion (dĕ-lim'i-tā'shŭn, dĕ-limi-tāshŭn) Boundaries of time, place, or social structure that a researcher establishes to keep a study within manageable parameters [L. de-limito, pp. -atus, to bound, fr. limes, boundary]delimitation (dē-lĭm″ĭ-tā′shŭn) [L. de, from, + limitare, to limit] Determination of limits of an area or organ in diagnosis.delimitation the formal statement in taxonomy that defines and limits the characters of a TAXON.delimitation
Synonyms for delimitationnoun a line that indicates a boundarySynonyms- border
- borderline
- boundary line
- mete
Related Words- boundary
- bounds
- bound
- circumference
- circuit
- fence line
- property line
- state boundary
- state line
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