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[ dih-lin-ee-ey-shuhn ] / dɪˌlɪn iˈeɪ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR delineation ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act or process of delineating. a chart or diagram; sketch; rough draft. a description. Origin of delineation1560–70; <Late Latin dēlīneātiōn- (stem of dēlīneātiō) a sketch, equivalent to Latin dēlīneāt(us) (see delineate) + -iōn--ion OTHER WORDS FROM delineationde·lin·e·a·tive [dih-lin-ee-ey-tiv, -ee-uh-tiv], /dɪˈlɪn iˌeɪ tɪv, -i ə tɪv/, adjectivenon·de·lin·e·a·tion, nounnon·de·lin·e·a·tive, adjectivepre·de·lin·e·a·tion, noun un·de·lin·e·a·tive, adjective Words nearby delineationdelimit, delimitate, delimiter, delimiting keratotomy, delineate, delineation, delineator, delineavit, delink, delinquency, delinquent Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for delineationNot only do we have so many other categories within media, but the delineations between all of these classifications have blurred. How to start a podcast while working from home|Michal Lev-Ram, writer|October 2, 2020|Fortune Delineation of the current U.S. obesity epidemic has been one of the main accomplishments of the CDC over the last decade. CDC Researchers Find Lower Mortality Rates Among Overweight People|Kent Sepkowitz|January 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST His delineation of Malvolio, and his frequent sneers at the Puritans, are attributed to the same motive. Ephemera Critica|John Churton Collins Unlike the Egyptian, who excelled in the delineation of the human form, he did not draw from nude models. Assyria, Its Princes, Priests and People|A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
Between the two there are no discrepancies, and the delineation of a flag taken from either may be assumed as absolutely correct. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4|Various He had far more invention of characters, and an equal vivacity and force in their delineation. Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam Why does this author stop short in the delineation of principles which he has so admirably begun? The Catholic World. Volume III; Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.|E. Rameur
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