delimiting

Now in interest, the important delimiting quality is emotional tone.

The Decision may involve certain deductions or inferences, either delimiting or amplifying its nature.

This method of delimiting a meaning by calling out a certain attitude toward objects may be called denotative or indicative.

She caught at the delimiting phrase, “nice girls,” and glanced up again.

Differences in metabolic adaptation, therefore, have played a role in delimiting climatic distribution of these species.