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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Delineation \De*lin`e*a"tion\, n. [L. delineatio: cf. F.
     d['e]lin['e]ation.]
     1. The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by
        lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as,
        the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and
        engraving, representation by means of lines, as
        distinguished from representation by means of tints and
        shades; accurate and minute representation, as
        distinguished from art that is careless of details, or
        subordinates them excessively.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description
        in words.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Their softest delineations of female beauty. --W.
                                                    Irving.
  
     Syn: Sketch; portrait; outline. See Sketch.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Delineation \De*lin`e*a"tion\, n. [L. delineatio: cf. F.
     d['e]lin['e]ation.]
     1. The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by
        lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as,
        the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and
        engraving, representation by means of lines, as
        distinguished from representation by means of tints and
        shades; accurate and minute representation, as
        distinguished from art that is careless of details, or
        subordinates them excessively.
  
     2. A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description
        in words.
  
              Their softest delineations of female beauty. --W.
                                                    Irving.
  
     Syn: Sketch; portrait; outline. See Sketch.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  delineation
       n 1: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the
            narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the
            author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland";
            "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of
            famous Vermonters" [syn: word picture, word-painting,
             depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation]
       2: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects [syn: depiction,
           limning, line drawing]
       3: representation by drawing or painting etc [syn: depiction,
           portrayal]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  delineation
     Αγγλικά n.
     η απεικόνιση, η σκιαγράφηση

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  delineation
     n.
     1 The act of delineate; depiction.
     2 (lb en arts) An image of the outline of an object.
     3 A graphic verbal description.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  delineation
     n.
     1 The act of delineate; depiction.
     2 (lb en arts) An image of the outline of an object.
     3 A graphic verbal description.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  delineation
     n.
     1 The act of delineate; depiction.
     2 (lb en arts) An image of the outline of an object.
     3 A graphic verbal description.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  delineation
     n.
     1 The act of delineate; depiction.
     2 (lb en arts) An image of the outline of an object.
     3 A graphic verbal description.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  delineation
     Englanti n.
     1 kuvaaminen viivoilla, diagrammeilla ja kaavioilla
     2 kuvaus, piirros, luonnos, hahmotelma

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Delineation /dɪlˌɪniːˈeɪʃən/
  التصوير

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  delineation //diːlɪniˈeɪʃən// 
  1. обрисуване
  a graphic verbal description
  2. очертание
  an image of the outline of an object
  3. очертаване, скициране
  the act of delineating; depiction

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  delineation /dɪlˌɪniːˈeɪʃən/ 
  zobrazení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  delineation /dɪlˌɪniːˈeɪʃən/ 
  náčrt

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  delineation /dɪlˌɪniːˈeɪʃən/
  Begrenzungslinie , Trennlinie  [geogr.]  [übtr.]
        "a sharp delineation"  - eine scharfe Trennlinie

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  delineation /dɪlˌɪniːˈeɪʃən/
  Darstellung  [genaue] , Beschreibung  [detailgenaue]
           Note: von etw.
           Note: of sth.
           Note: portrayal

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  delineation /dɪlˌɪniːˈeɪʃən/
  zeichnerische Darstellung , Zeichnung 
           Note: von etw.
           Note: of sth.

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  delineation /dɪlˌɪniːˈeɪʃən/ 
  1. विवरण
        "The delineation of the plan was given by the architect."
  2. आकार
        "Every object has its definite delineation."
        "हर वस्तु का अपना निश्चित आकार होता है."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  delineation /dɪlˌɪniːˈeɪʃən/
  identificiranje, opisivanje, prepoznavanje

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  delineation /dɪlˌɪniːˈeɪʃən/
  1. tervrajz
  2. alaprajz
  3. felvázolás
  4. ábrázolás
  5. lefestés
  6. leírás
  7. körvonalazás
  8. vázlat
  9. ábrázolat

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/dɪˌɫɪniˈeɪʃən/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  152 Moby Thesaurus words for "delineation":
     account, alphabet, art, band, bar, black and white, blueprint,
     brouillon, cameo, cartoon, catalog, cataloging, character,
     character sketch, charactering, characterization, charcoal,
     charcoal drawing, chart, chiaroscuro, choreography, configuration,
     contour, conventional representation, copy, crayon, cross-hatching,
     dance notation, dash, demonstration, depiction, depictment,
     description, design, details, diagonal, diagram, doodle,
     dotted line, draft, drafting, drama, drawing, ebauche, elevation,
     esquisse, evocation, exemplification, features, figuration, figure,
     framework, gestalt, graph, graphic account, ground plan, hachure,
     hairline, hatching, hieroglyphic, house plan, ichnography,
     iconography, ideogram, illustration, image, imagery, imaging,
     impression, itemization, letter, limning, line, line drawing,
     lineaments, lineation, lines, logogram, logograph, main features,
     map, musical notation, notation, outline, painting,
     particularization, pastel, pattern, pen-and-ink, pencil drawing,
     photograph, pictogram, picture, picturization, plan, plot,
     portrait, portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement, presentment,
     printing, profile, projection, realization, relief, rendering,
     rendition, representation, rough, rough copy, rough draft,
     rough outline, schema, score, script, shapes, silhouette,
     silver-print drawing, sinopia, skeleton, sketch, sketching, slash,
     specification, story, streak, streaking, striation, strip, stripe,
     striping, stroke, study, sublineation, syllabary, symbol,
     tablature, table, tournure, tracing, underline, underlining,
     underscore, underscoring, version, vignette, virgule,
     vivid description, word painting, working drawing, writing
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 画轮廓,略图,图形;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 画轮廓,略图,图形

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