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Definition of Delimit

1. Verb. Determine the essential quality of.

2. Verb. Be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry.

3. Verb. Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something.

Definition of Delimit

1. v. t. To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

Definition of Delimit

1. Verb. (transitive) To mark or fix the limits of. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To demarcate. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Delimit

1. to mark the boundaries of [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Delimit

delights delightsome delightsomely delightsomeness delignify delila delimb delimbed delimbing delimbs

delime delimed delimes deliminate deliming delimit (current term) delimitate delimitated delimitates delimitating

delimitation delimitations delimitator delimitators delimited delimiter delimiters delimiting delimiting keratotomy delimits

Literary usage of Delimit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Theory of Functions by James Harkness, Frank Morley (1893)
"But Bv At by themselves, or with other A's, delimit a region. ... To prove this, -we must show that no system of C's can delimit a region. ..."

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