Definition of delineation

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Delineation (n.) A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words.

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Stereography :: Stereographically (adv.) In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane.
Delineament :: Delineament (/.) Delineation; sketch.
Delineature :: Delineature (n.) Delineation.
Delineation :: Delineation (n.) 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..
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture..
Topography :: Topography (n.) The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region..
Description :: Description (n.) The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
Perigraph :: Perigraph (n.) A careless or inaccurate delineation of anything.
Delineate :: Delineate (v. t.) To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation..
Draught :: Draught (n.) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation..
Optigraph :: Optigraph (a.) A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes, by means of a pencil at the eye end which leaves the delineation on paper..
Predelineation :: Predelineation (n.) Previous delineation.
Plan :: Plan (v. t.) To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram..
Designment :: Designment (n.) Delineation; sketch; design; ideal; invention.
Surveyor :: Surveying (n.) That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface, the length and directions of the bounding lines, the contour of the surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the whole on paper; the act or occupation of making surveys..
Drawing :: Drawing (n.) The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn..
Lineation :: Lineation (n.) Delineation; a line or lines.
Sketch :: Sketch (n.) An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work..
Figural :: Figural (a.) Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of figures; as, figural ornaments..
Figurial :: Figurial (a.) Represented by figure or delineation.
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