Meaning & use
Delimited
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Having clearly defined boundaries or limits, or separated by a specific character in a data file.
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The survey asked respondents to work only within the delimited section of the map.
The file stores each entry as a comma-delimited line of text.
A note on using this word
Widely used in computing to describe data separated by a specific character, such as a comma or tab, as in 'comma-delimited.'
Words with a similar meaning
boundeddemarcated
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Words with an opposite meaning
unlimitedunbounded
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