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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bounding en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbaʊndɪŋ/
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Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Containing all points of a given set within it.

Synonyms

enclosing

bounding en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbaʊndɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The use of fire protection products within limits determined by scientific tests.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A boundary.
    • Without buttings or boundings on any side. a. 1709, William Beveridge, The Being, Love, and Other Attributes of God:
  3. (countable, uncountable) The act of one who bounds or leaps.

Forms

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boundings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

harmonic bounding

bounding en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbaʊndɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of bound
    form of bound

Deriveds

bounding mine · boundingly