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[syn: boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Delimitation \De*lim`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. delimitatio: cf. F.
d['e]limitation.]
The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries;
limitation. --Gladstone.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
delimitation
n 1: a line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line,
border, borderline, delimitation, mete]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "delimitation":
border line, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line,
bounding, bourn, break boundary, breakoff point, ceiling,
circling-in, circumscribing, circumscription, compass, confine,
cutoff, cutoff point, deadline, definition, demarcation,
determinant, determination, division line, encincture, end,
extremity, finish, floor, frontier, hedge, high-water mark,
inclusion-exclusion, interface, limen, limit, limitation,
limiting factor, line, line of demarcation, low-water mark,
lower limit, march, mark, mete, specification, start,
starting line, starting point, target date, term, terminal date,
terminus, threshold, time allotment, upper limit