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Delineation

Delineation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Delineation? [n] representation by drawing or painting etc [n] a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects [n] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Delineation: characterisation \| characterization \| depiction \| depiction \| depiction \| limning \| line drawing \| picture \| portrayal \| word picture \| word-painting Related Terms \| Find terms related to 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 See Also \| animalization \| description \| drawing \| epithet \| pictorial representation \| picturing \| portrait \| portraiture \| portraiture \| portrayal \| verbal description Delineation In Webster's Dictionary \Delin`ea"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}.

Delineation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Delineation?

[n] representation by drawing or painting etc
[n] a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
[n] 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"

Delineation In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.

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