- present participle of delimit.
delimiting
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One task will be delimiting the ocean, which some researchers think could exist in multiple layers, separated by high-pressure species of ice.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 5, 2023
To date, only 11 percent of people to have ever reached the Kármán boundary delimiting the earthly from the ethereal have been women.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2021
The difficulty is that neither chamber has used the power in decades and neither has established rules delimiting the penalties or defining procedures for imposing them.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2020
And how can kids find their way into something mature and complex if we are always delimiting for them what they should believe?
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2019
The Decision may involve certain deductions or inferences, either delimiting or amplifying its nature.
From Sound Military Decision by Edward C. (Edward Clifford) Kalbfus
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