What does delineation mean?
Definitions for delineation
dɪˌlɪn iˈeɪ ʃənde·lin·eation
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Princeton's WordNet
word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisationnoun
a graphic or vivid verbal description
"too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
delineation, depiction, limning, line drawingnoun
a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
depiction, delineation, portrayalnoun
representation by drawing or painting etc
Wiktionary
delineationnoun
The act of delineating; depiction
delineationnoun
An image of the outline of an object
delineationnoun
A graphic verbal description
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Delineationnoun
The first draught of a thing.
Etymology: delineatio, Latin.
In the orthographical schemes there should be a true delineation, and the just dimensions of each face, and of what things belong to it. John Mortimer, Husbandry.
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delineation
Delineation is the process of describing, outlining, mapping or specifying something in accurate detail. It often refers to the defining and marking of boundaries or characteristics of a concept, process, or object.
Webster Dictionary
Delineationnoun
the act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively
Delineationnoun
a delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of delineation in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of delineation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of delineation in a Sentence
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey:
Only a novel"... in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language.
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Translations for delineation
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- تخطيطArabic
- обрисуване, очертание, очертаване, скициранеBulgarian
- AbgrenzungGerman
- délimitationFrench
- चित्रणHindi
- delineazione, delineamentoItalian
- תיחוםHebrew
- 描写Japanese
- omlijning, schets, afbakeningDutch
- очертание, очерчиваниеRussian
- avgränsningSwedish
- விரித்துரைTamil
- tarifTurkish
- דעלינעאַטיאָןYiddish
- 劃定Chinese
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