delineation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /diːlɪniˈeɪʃən/
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The act of delineating; depiction.
- (countable, uncountable) An image of the outline of an object.
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(countable, uncountable) A graphic verbal description.
After all, the English hostel owes much of its charms to Chaucer; our associations are of his haunting pictures—his delicate Lady Prioress, his comely young squire, with their pleasant interchange of tale and legend, rise upon the mind's eye in all the fascination of his vivid delineations.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 190:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| delineations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nondelineation · hydrodelineation · predelineation · redelineation
Translations (25)
nl schets (the act of delineating; depiction) · ca delineament (the act of delineating; depiction) · grc καταγραφή (the act of delineating; depiction) · ga cuntas (a graphic verbal description) · pt esboço (an image of the outline of an object) · it delineamento (the act of delineating; depiction) · ca delineació (the act of delineating; depiction) · bg обрисуване (a graphic verbal description) · ru очерчивание (the act of delineating; depiction) · nl afbakening (the act of delineating; depiction) · bg очертание (an image of the outline of an object) · ru контур (an image of the outline of an object) · ru вычерчивание (the act of delineating; depiction) · ga léiriú (an image of the outline of an object) · fr ébauche (an image of the outline of an object) · ru обрисование (a graphic verbal description) · ga dreachadh (the act of delineating; depiction) · ga cur síos (a graphic verbal description) · bg очертаване (the act of delineating; depiction) · nl omlijning (the act of delineating; depiction) · ru очерта́ние (an image of the outline of an object) · bg скициране (the act of delineating; depiction) · hi रेखांकन (the act of delineating; depiction) · de Skizze (an image of the outline of an object) · it delineazione (the act of delineating; depiction)