delineations
Clearly drawn boundaries
Delineations are detailed descriptions or precise depictions of something.
The word carries a sense of careful outlining—tracing boundaries or distinguishing features clearly: The report included delineations of each department's responsibilities.
In technical contexts, delineations may be literal markings or boundaries: road delineations, property delineations.
Formal boundary setting
- borderOuter edge or limit
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- limitMaximum allowed extent
- frontierEdge of settlement
edge · margin · threshold · confines · partition · barrier · separation · borderline
Statement of meaning
- specificationDetailed technical requirement
- characterizationDescribing distinctive qualities
- depictionRepresentation in art
- articulationClear vocal expression
explanation · exposition · clarification · enumeration · detailing · spelling out · laying out · setting forth
Bounding line of shape
- profileSide-facing outline
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- tracingCopying by following lines
- sketchHasty informal drawing
drawing · diagram · schematic · blueprint · framework · draft · rendering · figure
State of being understandable
- distinctnessQuality of being distinguishable
- explicitnessQuality of being unambiguous
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
- definitionStatement of meaning
specificity · exactness · accuracy · particularity · lucidity · clear-cut · fine-grained · granularity
Division into sections
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- categorizationArranging into groups
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
bifurcation · partitioning · sectioning · compartmentalization · differentiation · distinction · grouping · sorting
demarcation
Formal boundary setting
frontier · edge · margin · threshold · confines · partition · barrier · separation · borderline · cutoff
definition
Statement of meaning
- specificationDetailed technical requirement
- characterizationDescribing distinctive qualities
- depictionRepresentation in art
articulation · explanation · exposition · clarification · enumeration · detailing · spelling out · laying out · setting forth · formulation
contour
Bounding line of shape
- profileSide-facing outline
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- tracingCopying by following lines
sketch · drawing · diagram · schematic · blueprint · framework · draft · rendering · figure · shape
clarity
State of being understandable
- distinctnessQuality of being distinguishable
- explicitnessQuality of being unambiguous
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
definition · specificity · exactness · accuracy · particularity · lucidity · clear-cut · fine-grained · granularity · rigor
segmentation
Division into sections
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- categorizationArranging into groups
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
stratification · bifurcation · partitioning · sectioning · compartmentalization · differentiation · distinction · grouping · sorting · taxonomy
delineationsblurs
Makes indistinct
obscurations · haziness · fuzziness · indistinctness · muddles
delineationsblurrings
Loss of sharpness instances
smudges · mergings · blendings · fusions · conflations
delineationsomissions
Things left out
elisions · simplifications · reductions · summaries · sketches