(פ') לקבוע גבולות, לתחום

v. mark limits of, demarcate; restrict, circumscribe

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Verb
1. determine the essential quality of
(synonym) specify, define, delineate, delimit
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) determine
2. set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
(synonym) demarcate, delimit
(hypernym) limit, circumscribe, confine
(derivation) boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete

v. delimit, border

adj. delimited, marked off, having distinct boundaries

(v.) = delimit ; delineate ; demarcate ; flag ; isolate ; mark off ; redefine ; map out ; scope ; mark out ; narrow down ; set + boundaries.
Ex: 'Reinforced concrete bridges' contain two differences 'Reinforced' and 'Concrete', both of which delimit 'Bridges' in some sense.
Ex: PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.
Ex: The framework was designed to demarcate certain of those elements by means of prescribed punctuation.
Ex: Since the fields are of different lengths in different records it is necessary that the beginning and end of fields be flagged in some way.
Ex: How were such educational practicalities to be isolated and discussed?.
Ex: Human intervention may also be necessary to mark off the area in the string on the title page that should be indexed, and possibly to add an imprint date if not present.
Ex: This article redefines the archival principle of provenance as the entire history of an item's origin, its use and custody.
Ex: Down the years, the information industry has mapped out for itself the categories of information with which it is prepared to deal.
Ex: Information policy is highly complex and that it presents considerable difficulties in terms of scoping meaningful studies.
Ex: And once again fundamental features mark out the landscape.
Ex: The two countries have kept open the political and military channels and are trying to narrow down differences.
Ex: I feel the need to compartmentalise my activities and set boundaries for each of them.
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* delimitar una búsqueda = narrow + a search ; qualify + search ; refine + a search ; narrow down + a search.
* delimitar un problema = isolate + a problem.
* imposible de delimitar = unmappable.
* sin delimitar = unmapped.

delimitate /di:'limit/ (delimitate) /di'limiteot/

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