WIKTIONARY
delimit
- ∙ To mark or fix the limits of. transitive
- ∙ To demarcate. transitive
BABYLON ENGLISH
delimit v.
demarcate, set the boundaries of
HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
delimit
delimit
\de*lim"it\ (?), v. t. [l. delimitare: cf. f. délimiter.] to fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.
delimit
v
1. determine the essential quality of [syn: specify, define, delineate, delimitate]
2. be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry [syn: subtend]
3. set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something [syn: demarcate, delimitate]
WORDNET 2.0
delimit
Verb
1. determine the essential quality of
(synonym) specify, define, delineate, delimitate
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) determine
2. be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
(synonym) subtend
(hypernym) be
3. set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
(synonym) demarcate, delimitate
(hypernym) limit, circumscribe, confine
(derivation) boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete
ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Delimiter
A delimiter is a sequence of one or more characters used to specify the boundary between separate, independent regions in plain text or other data streams. An example of a delimiter is the comma character, which acts as a field delimiter in a sequence of comma-separated values.
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