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  • noun Plural form of delineation.

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  • I know I cannot do justice to either the house or gardens, as I have no talent for these kind of delineations: all my aim has been, and shall be, to give a faint sketch of what I think most worth notice.

    Vicissitudes in Genteel Life 1794

  • Her art is a wonder in its detail and fine delineations of both culture and expression.

    *Emma Book 9 — Recommended » Manga Worth Reading 2009

  • The field strives to coalesce into a system of aesthetic standards simply in order to remain comprehensible as a genre, strives to unify the multiplicity of approaches, relate them via over-arching delineations of science fiction, fantasy and horror, to organise its fractured complexity into sub-genres, movements.

    Ethics and Enthusiasm Hal Duncan 2009

  • I have done things in other games like having clear delineations between break time and play time.

    Fourth “Empire of Ashes” Session Summary Posted « Geek Related 2009

  • The delineations for this ecoregion follow major waterways, which act as formidable barrier to the distributions of many species.

    Juruá-Purus moist forests 2008

  • Broad scale delineations for these interior forests in southern Brazil were based on the vegetative classifications of the IBGE map.

    Parañá-Paraíba interior forests 2008

  • Add to that the necessities intrinsic to asymmetric counter-terrorism and you start to have an idea of how utterly opaque the delineations between the political, the legal and the practical.

    Andrew Sargus Klein: Elena Kagan and the Limits of Executive Power Andrew Sargus Klein 2010

  • Seek precise delineations of boundaries of responsibility, and force merit-based competition.

    Will Microsoft’s Executive Shuffle Scare Yahoo? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Dr. Krantz has extensive experience with environmental impact assessments prepared in accordance with both the California Environmental Quality Act and National Environmental Policy Act. He has particular expertise with the regulatory requirements of the Clean Water Act and Section 400 permit regulations, jurisdictional wetlands delineations, State Regional Water Quality Control Board regulations and procedures, and State and Federal Endangered Species Act requirements.

    Contributor: Timothy Krantz 2010

  • If anything in print could give the web a run for its money, Moss's compartmentalizations, graphic delineations, and bite-sizations, might have.

    Michael Wolff: What Newsweek Should Have Done 2010

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