Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To establish the limits or boundaries of; demarcate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To mark or fix the limits or boundaries of; bound.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To mark or fix the
limits of. - verb transitive To
demarcate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
- verb determine the essential quality of
- verb be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This is in strong contrast to applications which hold information in databases with relatively inflexible structure behind APIs that strictly delimit possible interactions.
Creating The Social Address Book Terry Jones 2010
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This is in strong contrast to applications which hold information in databases with relatively inflexible structure behind APIs that strictly delimit possible interactions.
Creating The Social Address Book Terry Jones 2010
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The only drawback is that being given it has few inside walls in order to delimit these rooms, privacy is a big issue when it comes to guests.
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The stockades of every plot and the trees and shrubs planted along the same ones, they delimit perfectly the transit between the private ownership and the community one.
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This is in strong contrast to applications which hold information in databases with relatively inflexible structure behind APIs that strictly delimit possible interactions.
Creating The Social Address Book Terry Jones 2010
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During such evaluations, the patient remains conscious and can report back to the surgeons, who can therefore electrically stimulate the brain to identify and delimit the abnormal tissue, while also identifying nearby tissue that performs important functions and must be spared.
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The ability to control the darkness is the ability to command the light, and the ability to control the waters is the ability to delimit their boundaries and make them useful rather than destructive; useful for sustaining life.
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The Obama administration, which struck a new direction in both regards, has added a new wrinkle to delimit nuclear use.
Bennett Ramberg, Ph.D.: Prospects for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Review Conference Ph.D. Bennett Ramberg 2010
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But no such categorical limitation figures in the pragmatic, effects-based approach the Supreme Court has since 1937 used to delimit the commerce power.
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But no such categorical limitation figures in the pragmatic, effects-based approach the Supreme Court has since 1937 used to delimit the commerce power.
shadesofinsanity commented on the word delimit
Very interesting word; I have no idea how I'd use it in a sentence.
"The angle is delimit the side of the triangle."? "Please delimit the boundaries of the country."?
I have a feeling that's not right. :P
February 2, 2009
bilby commented on the word delimit
The suburb of Puckerup is delimited by Lovers Lane on its eastern boundary, Resuscitation Square to the west, Osculation Industrial Zone on its southern approach and the Straits of EBV Infectious Mononucleosis at its northern extent.
February 2, 2009
shadesofinsanity commented on the word delimit
Ah, I see. So something like "Scotland is delimited by England on its southern boarder" would be more appropriate, I suppose?
February 2, 2009