Definition of delineation

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

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Blottesque :: Blottesque (a.) Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; wanting in delineation.
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..
Delineament :: Delineament (/.) Delineation; sketch.
Projection :: Projection (n.) The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each..
Predelineation :: Predelineation (n.) Previous delineation.
Emblazoning :: Emblazoning (n.) The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.
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..
Perigraph :: Perigraph (n.) A careless or inaccurate delineation of anything.
Outline :: Outline (n.) A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.
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..
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition.
Design :: Design (n.) A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan..
Plan :: Plan (a.) A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram..
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..
Astrophotography :: Astrophotography (n.) The application of photography to the delineation of the sun, moon, and stars..
Stereography :: Stereographically (adv.) In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane.
Delineation :: Delineation (n.) A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words.
Delineature :: Delineature (n.) Delineation.
Portrait :: Portrait (n.) Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words..
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