delimiting

verb (used with object)

1. to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate: A ravine delimited the property on the north.

verb

1. (tr) to mark or prescribe the limits or boundaries of; demarcate

v.

1852, from French délimiter (18c.), from Latin delimitare “to mark out as a boundary,” from de- (see de-) + limitare, from limitem, limes “boundary, limit” (see limit (n.)). Related: Delimited; delimiting.