delineation

[ dih-lin-ee-ey-shuh n ]

/ dɪˌlɪn iˈeɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act or process of delineating.

a chart or diagram; sketch; rough draft.

a description.

Origin of delineation

1560–70; < Late Latin dēlīneātiōn- (stem of dēlīneātiō) a sketch, equivalent to Latin dēlīneāt(us) (see delineate) + -iōn- -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM delineation

de·lin·e·a·tive

[dih-lin-ee-ey-tiv, -ee-uh-tiv] /dɪˈlɪn iˌeɪ tɪv, -i ə tɪv/, adjective non·de·lin·e·a·tion, noun non·de·lin·e·a·tive, adjective pre·de·lin·e·a·tion, noun

un·de·lin·e·a·tive, adjective

Words nearby delineation

delimit, delimitate, delimiter, delimiting keratotomy, delineate, delineation, delineator, delineavit, delink, delinquency, delinquent

Example sentences from the Web for delineation

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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