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delineation

noun as in drawing

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noun as in a description

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It blends uncomfortably with the cavern wall, as the sharp delineation between body and surrounding is still beyond the mapping tool’s capabilities.

The “wavefront” is the delineation between one type of organization and the next.

Our daily activity hinged on the repeated description — description, elaboration, and delineation — of matters that were, outside, generally subject to euphemism and elision.

Lifted and unlifted kids generally don’t mix, and this is just one of many sinister delineations between a new breed of haves and have-nots.

The real function of NFTs is to create a clear delineation between ordinary creators and consumers of online content and those privileged enough to be paid to produce content or claim to own “authentic” work.

Delineation of the current U.S. obesity epidemic has been one of the main accomplishments of the CDC over the last decade.

Nor are these defects compensated by any high degree of merit in the delineation of the characters.

Nay, as including these services and others, though as different from each of them, they give its delineation.

Such were among the great elegiac poets of Rome, who were generally devoted to the delineation of the passion of love.

The style is stilted, and there is no attempt at delineation of character.

After a correct delineation of the character of the deceased, he described the closing scene of his life.

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On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to delineation, such as: picture, portrait, and sketch.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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