Definition
An act of defining, delimiting, or marking boundaries; a limitation or boundary-setting.
Etymology
From Latin 'delinitio,' formed from 'delimitare' (de- 'completely' + limitare 'to set limits'). Related to English 'limit' and 'delimitation,' it describes the action of drawing lines that separate things.
Kelly Says
This is an extremely rare word, but it's related to 'delimitation'—when historians mark the 'delinition' of a historical period, they're deciding exactly where one era ends and another begins, literally drawing the line.
Translations
ARالعربية
تعريف
ta-a-reef
CACatalà
definició
deh-fi-nee-thee-oh
CSČeština
definice
deh-fi-ni-ce
DADansk
definition
deh-fi-nee-thee-ohn
DEDeutsch
Definition
deh-fi-nee-thee-ohn
ELΕλληνικά
ορισμός
o-ris-mos
ESEspañol
definición
deh-fi-nee-thee-ohn
FISuomi
määritelmä
ma-a-ri-te-l-ma
FRFrançais
définition
deh-fi-nee-thee-ohn
HEעברית
הגדרה
ha-ge-de-ra
HIहिन्दी
परिभाषा
pa-ree-bha-sha
HUMagyar
definíció
deh-fi-nee-thee-oh
IDBahasa Indonesia
definisi
deh-fi-ni-si
ITItaliano
definizione
deh-fi-nee-thee-ohn-eh
MSBahasa Melayu
pengertian
pengertian
NLNederlands
definitie
deh-fi-nee-tee
NONorsk
definisi
deh-fi-ni-si
PLPolski
definicja
deh-fi-ni-tsia
PTPortuguês
definição
deh-fi-nee-s-a-o
RORomână
definiție
deh-fi-nee-thee
RUРусский
определение
o-opre-dee-le-nie
SVSvenska
definition
deh-fi-nee-thee-ohn
SWKiswahili
ufafanuzi
u-fa-fa-nu-zi
TAதமிழ்
வரையறை
va-ra-ya-rai
TLTL
kahulugan
ka-hul-u-gan
UKУкраїнська
визначення
vi-zna-chen-nya
VITiếng Việt
định nghĩa
dinh-nghia