delimited

de·lim·it

 (dĭ-lĭm′ĭt) also de·lim·i·tate (-ĭ-tāt′)

tr.v. de·lim·it·ed, de·lim·it·ing, de·lim·its also de·lim·i·tat·ed or de·lim·i·tat·ing or de·lim·i·tates

To establish the limits or boundaries of; demarcate.

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[French délimiter, from Latin dēlīmitāre : dē-, de- + līmitāre, to limit (from līmes, līmit-, boundary line).]

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de·lim′i·ta′tion n.

de·lim′i·ta′tive adj.

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Adj.

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delimited - having the limits or boundaries established; "a delimited frontier through the disputed region" bounded finite - bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent

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