delimitation

Synonyms for delimitation

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Antonyms for delimitation

noun. boundary, division

Word Origin & History

1836, from French délimitation (18c.), noun of action from délimiter (see delimit).

Once more there is a difficulty of delimitation which will have to be fully sifted.

I do not pretend that this delimitation solves all problems.

In 1280 there was a delimitation of the land belonging to church and commune.

But the delimitation of the frontier of Burma is not yet complete.

The delimitation is thus a quite natural and scientific one, coinciding pretty closely to the water-parting of the two countries.

The chief towns are Berwick and Alnwick, Hexham being outside our present delimitation.

Many other words connected with the delimitation of property occur commonly in surnames.

The delimitation of the land into districts, each subject to its own tribunal, was naturally a work of time.

A sea-frontier sometimes makes a less, sometimes a more, effective line of delimitation.

These two organ-systems vary in harmony, and their characters must form the basis for the delimitation of the great groups.