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delineation

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de·lin·e·ate  (d-ln-t)
tr.v. de·lin·e·at·ed, de·lin·e·at·ing, de·lin·e·ates
1. To draw or trace the outline of; sketch out.
2. To represent pictorially; depict.
3. To depict in words or gestures; describe. See Synonyms at represent.

[Latin dlnere, dlnet- : d-, de- + lnea, line, thread; see line1.]

de·line·ation n.
de·line·ative adj.
de·line·ator n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.delineation - a graphic or vivid verbal descriptiondelineation - 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"
description, verbal description - a statement that represents something in words
epithet - descriptive word or phrase
portrait, portraiture, portrayal - a word picture of a person's appearance and character
2.delineation - a drawing of the outlines of forms or objectsdelineation - a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
animalization - a depiction in the form of an animal
drawing - a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures"
3.delineation - representation by drawing or painting etc
pictorial representation, picturing - visual representation as by photography or painting
portraiture - the activity of making portraits

delineation
noun
1. outline, description, account, drawing, picture, chart, tracing, portrait, representation, diagram, portrayal, depiction His razor-sharp delineation of ordinary life.
2. determination, determining, defining, charting, mapping out the delineation of the provincial borders
Translations
delineation [dɪˌlɪnɪˈeɪʃən] Ndelineación f
delineation [dɪˌlɪniˈeɪʃən] n
(= depiction) [place, character, situation] → description f
(= marking) [border] → tracé m
delineation
nSkizzierung f; (of boundary, border)Einzeichnung f; (= description)Beschreibung f, → Darstellung f
delineation [dɪˌlɪnɪˈeɪʃn] n (frm) → delineamento


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I take the imputation in good part, as a compliment to the just delineation of my female characters; and though I am bound to attribute much of the severity of my censors to this suspicion, I make no effort to refute it, because, in my own mind, I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be.
"It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda"; or, 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.
This can never be tied down by such strict rules, either in the delineation of the offense by the prosecutors, or in the construction of it by the judges, as in common cases serve to limit the discretion of courts in favor of personal security.
 
 
 
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