Meaning & use
delimitation
The act of fixing or marking the boundaries or limits of something.
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The delimitation of the new border took years of careful surveying.
Officials disagreed sharply over the delimitation of the voting districts.
A note on using this word
Common in legal, geographic, and political writing when defining precise boundaries, such as borders or electoral districts.
Words with a similar meaning
demarcationboundary-setting
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