delimit
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- delimitation noun
- delimitative adjective
Etymology
Origin of delimit
1850–55; < French délimiter < Latin dēlīmitāre, equivalent to dē- de- + līmitāre to limit
Example Sentences
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The Comoe River clearly delimits part of the northeastern frontier between Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso -- but the land border is poorly demarcated.
From Barron's
The phenomenon in which an initial antibody response to a virus dominates and delimits the response to later strains of the same virus is called "immunological imprinting," or "original antigenic sin."
From Science Daily
He rebutted Maduro’s description of oil concessions granted by Guyana as being “in a maritime area yet to be delimited.”
From Seattle Times
One can see this playing out today in the rules for citizenship, voting and other mechanisms that serve to define and delimit participation in democratic politics.
From Salon
One task will be delimiting the ocean, which some researchers think could exist in multiple layers, separated by high-pressure species of ice.
From Science Magazine
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