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delimit
(redirected from delimiting)

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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.

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

de·limi·tation n.
de·limi·tative adj.

delimit [diːˈlɪmɪt], delimitate
vb
(tr) to mark or prescribe the limits or boundaries of; demarcate
delimitation  n
delimitative  adj
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Verb1.delimit - determine the essential quality of
determine - fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the border of the property"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
redefine - give a new or different definition to; "She redefined his duties"
2.delimit - be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
3.delimit - set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
circumscribe, confine, limit - restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

delimit
verb define, mark (out), determine, fix, bound, demarcate This is not meant to delimit what approaches social researchers can adopt.
Translations
delimit [diːˈlɪmɪt] VTdelimitar
delimit [dɪˈlɪmɪt] vt (= define) [+ scope] → délimiter, définir
delimit
vtabgrenzen
delimit [diːˈlɪmɪt] vt (frm) → delimitare
delimit [diːˈlɪmɪt] vt (frm) → delimitare


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Verrastro, director and senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies' (CSIS) Energy Program, said that, rather than delimiting the energy situation as one of American dependence upon foreign suppliers, there should be recognition of "energy interdependence.
Here, again, Rice highlights the contrast between enabling and delimiting projections of selfhood and community along "white" and "black" lines.
Though the concern with delimiting color in space has always been connected to German Romanticism, Schiess avoids mere utopian fantasies by referencing the status of painting itself, his use of many media acting only as a reflection on this much-beleaguered genre.
 
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