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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
delimit .
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Examples
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The second main concern is that the specifically American nature for PSC-shipper engagement seemingly delimits the degree to which United States Navy will respond to Somali piracy.
David Isenberg: PSCs at Sea: The Reasons They Really May be "All at Sea" David Isenberg 2011
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The second main concern is that the specifically American nature for PSC-shipper engagement seemingly delimits the degree to which United States Navy will respond to Somali piracy.
David Isenberg: PSCs at Sea: The Reasons They Really May be "All at Sea" David Isenberg 2011
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I walked along the narrow ledge and leapt onto the pavement, thus exiting without being numbered at the turnstile that delimits the space for which one pays and the free world.
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But unlike traditional empiricists, Popper holds that experience cannot determine theory (i.e., we do not argue or infer from observation to theory), it rather delimits it: it shows which theories are false, not which theories are true.
Karl Popper Thornton, Stephen 2009
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However, Janus also delimits a boundary: his most vital role is as not only the god of gateways, but also as the god of the first Chaos.
Dissertation Fragments Part I Mary Kate Hurley 2007
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However, that description delimits their membership only to AFP people who may think alike.
Capt Dante Langkit: his Future in Politics and his Continuing Dilemma 2009
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For example, Stephen Lendman, a peace advocate and writer in his seventies with a permanent knee injury that delimits travel, has been repeatedly investigated by the FBI.
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In these cases, in contrast to the cases from quantum mechanics, we lack a theory or body of results that delimits the factors that are potentially relevant to the probability of the outcome that interests us.
Scientific Explanation Woodward, James 2009
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The response of treeline white spruce populations to climate change is of particular interest because this species delimits much of the North American treeline [35] and the performance under warmer conditions of present-day populations is an indication of the possible future effects of climate change.
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However, Janus also delimits a boundary: his most vital role is as not only the god of gateways, but also as the god of the first Chaos.
Archive 2007-11-01 Mary Kate Hurley 2007
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