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DELIMITATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A line that indicates a boundary
Synonyms:
border; borderline; boundary line; delimitation; mete
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("delimitation" is a kind of...):
bound; boundary; bounds (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "delimitation"):
circuit; circumference (the boundary line encompassing an area or object)
fence line (a boundary line created by a fence)
property line (the boundary line between two pieces of property)
state boundary; state line (the boundary between two states)
Instance hyponyms:
Green Line (the border marking the boundaries of the land that Israel won in its 1948 war of independence)
Line of Control (a 450-mile line that is supposed to indicate the boundary between the part of Kashmir controlled by India and the part controlled by Pakistan)
Derivation:
delimit; delimitate (set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something)
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