Meaning of DELINEATION
| Pronunciation: | | di`linee'eyshun
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | characterisation, characterization, depiction, depiction, depiction, limning, line drawing, picture, portrayal, word picture, word-painting |
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| | See Also: | | animalization, description, drawing, epithet, pictorial representation, picturing, portrait, portraiture, portraiture, portrayal, verbal description | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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