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de·lin·e·a·tion \ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷nēˈāshən\ noun (-s) Etymology: Late Latin delineation-, delineatio, from Latin delineatus + -ion-, -io -ion 1. a. : the act of representing, portraying, or describing (as by lines, diagrams, sketches) : a drawing in outline < the delineation of a scene > especially : representation in drawing and engraving by means of lines as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades b. : accurate and precise graphic representation as distinguished from that which is careless or sketchy as to details 2. : the act of delineating verbally < the delineation of final metaphysical truth is no part of this lecture — A.N.Whitehead > 3. : something (as a diagram, picture, description) made by delineating < a photographic delineation of low life — T.S.Eliot > |