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Delineation

Delineation Meaning & Definition
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

\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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