Delimitation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  delimitation
       n : a line that indicates a boundary [syn: {boundary line}, {border},
            {borderline}, {mete}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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