bound·a·ry (boun d -r , -dr)n. pl. bound·a·ries 1. Something that indicates a border or limit. 2. The border or limit so indicated. |
boundary [ˈbaʊndərɪ -drɪ]
n pl -ries
1. something that indicates the farthest limit, as of an area; border
2. (Team Sports / Cricket) Cricket
a. the marked limit of the playing area
b. a stroke that hits the ball beyond this limit
c. the four runs scored with such a stroke, or the six runs if the ball crosses the boundary without touching the ground
A line that delineates surface areas for the purpose of facilitating coordination and deconfliction of operations between adjacent units, formations, or areas. See also airspace control boundary.
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| Noun | 1. |  boundary - the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of somethinghairline - the natural margin formed by hair on the head frontier - an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary heliopause - the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet district line - the boundary between two districts county line - the boundary between two counties city line - the boundary of a city end - a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town" extremity - the outermost or farthest region or point surface - the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface" shoreline - a boundary line between land and water |
| 2. | boundary - a line determining the limits of an area line - a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point rim - the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object upper bound - (mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set lower bound - (mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set thalweg - the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states | |
| 3. | boundary - the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability" extent - the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent" knife-edge - a narrow boundary; "he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity" absoluteness, starkness, utterness - the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections" heat barrier, thermal barrier - a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating |
boundary
noun
1. frontier, edge, border, march, barrier, margin, brink Drug traffickers operate across national boundaries.
2. edges, limits, bounds, margins, pale, confines, fringes, verges, precinct, perimeter, extremities, outer limits the western boundary of the wood
3. limits, bounds, confines, threshold, parameters, outer limits extending the boundaries of press freedom
4. dividing line, threshold, borderline, cut-off point, line of demarcation the boundary between childhood and adulthood.
Translations
boundary [ˈbaʊndərɪ]
boundary [ˈbaʊndəri] n → frontière f
boundary dispute n → différend m sur les limites de propriété, différend m de propriété
boundary fence n → clôture f
boundary dispute n → différend m sur les limites de propriété, différend m de propriété
boundary fence n → clôture f
2 between two gardens etc
boundary
boundary:
n → Grenze f; (Cricket) → Spielfeldgrenze f; to hit/score a boundary → den Ball über die Spielfeldgrenze schlagen/4 oder 6 Punkte für einen Schlag über die Spielfeldgrenze erzielen
boundary:
Boundary Commission
n (Brit Pol) → Kommission f → zur Festlegung der Wahlbezirke
boundary line
n → Grenzlinie f; (Sport) → Spielfeldgrenze f
boundary mark
n → Grenzmal nt
boundary rider
n (Austral) Arbeiter, der die Grenzen des Weidelandes abreitet
boundary stone
n → Grenzstein m
boundary value
n (Math) → Randwert m
n boundary [ˈbaundəri]
1 an often imaginary line separating one thing from another the boundary between two towns. grens حَدٌّ граница rozmezí grænse; skæl die Grenzlinie όριο, σύνορο (συν. νοητό) frontera piir مرز raja frontière גְבוּל सीमा granica határ(vonal) perbatasan mörk, takmörk, landamæri confine 境界 경계 riba robeža sempadan grens grense(linje) granica fronteira graniţă граница rozmedzie meja granična linija gräns[] อาณาเขต sınır, hudut 分界線 межа; кордон حد ، حدود đường biên giới, ranh giới 分界线
2 (in cricket) a hit which crosses the boundary line round the field, scoring four runs or six runs. grens حَد، خَط فاصِل удар извън игрището hod/bod za pomezní čáru grænse(-linje) der Schlag bis zur Spielfeldgrenze punto ülepiirilöök سرحد kriketissä kentän rajaviivan ylittävä lyönti limite מַכָּה מִעֵבֶר לִתחוּם הַמִגרַש בְּקרִיקֶט बाउंडरी udarac koji seže do granica polja pukulan útfyrir; mark (skor í krikkett) 境界線打 (크리켓 구장의) 경계선 ribinis smūgis garis sempadan boundary aut pontuação удар за линию поля hod za pomedznú čiaru udarac preko granica terena (กีฬาคริกเก็ต) การตีข้ามเส้นขอบสนาม birkaç sekmede sınıra ulaştıran vuruş （板球）邊界球 удар за межу поля چو حدی cú chạm vượt đường biên （板球）边界球
boundary → حد hranice grænse Grenze όριο límite raja limite granica limite 境界 경계 grens grense granica limite граница gränslinje ขอบเขต sınır ranh giới 边界
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