delimit
verb (used with object)
to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate.
delimiting
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present participleof delimit.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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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 ● Apr. 5, 2023
The line delimiting the old city boundaries will run near where women sell corn tortillas, whose ingredients have varied not at all since the Aztecs.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
To date, only 11 percent of people to have ever reached the Kármán boundary delimiting the earthly from the ethereal have been women.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2021
What’s so remarkable about its use in Portrait of a Lady on Fire is the way the song embodies its own meaning, creating and delimiting a liberating space right at the film’s center.
From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2019
Differences in metabolic adaptation, therefore, have played a role in delimiting climatic distribution of these species.
From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Kathleen P. Mahlke-Johnson
