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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act or point of something being delimited.

   "The age span implicit in these delimitings of the onset and end of adolescence is fairly variable."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of delimit form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   That serves to delimit.

Synonyms

All synonyms

demarcatedemarcatespecify;barblaze

Example

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"The age span implicit in these delimitings of the onset and end of adolescence is fairly variable."

Related phrases

delimiting keratotomy

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