delimitation

de·lim·it  (d-lmt) also de·lim·i·tate (--tt)

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

To establish the limits or boundaries of; demarcate.

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[French délimiter, from Latin dlmitre : d-, de- + lmitre, to limit (from lmes, lmit-, boundary line).]

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de·limi·tation n.

de·limi·tative adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

delimitation - a line that indicates a boundary     border, borderline, boundary line, mete boundary, bounds, bound - the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something circumference, circuit - the boundary line encompassing an area or object; "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe" fence line - a boundary line created by a fence property line - the boundary line between two pieces of property state boundary, state line - the boundary between two states

Translations

delimitation [ˌdiːlɪmɪˈteɪʃən] N → delimitación f

delimitation

n → Abgrenzung f