Definition of delineation

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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..

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Portrayal :: Portrayal (n.) The act or process of portraying; description; delineation.
Portrait :: Portrait (n.) Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words..
Plan :: Plan (v. t.) To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram..
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..
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..
Delineament :: Delineament (/.) Delineation; sketch.
Perigraph :: Perigraph (n.) A careless or inaccurate delineation of anything.
Emblazoning :: Emblazoning (n.) The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.
Slide :: Slide (n.) A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope..
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..
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..
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.
Iconism :: Iconism (n.) The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; a delineation or description..
Astrophotography :: Astrophotography (n.) The application of photography to the delineation of the sun, moon, and stars..
Selenograph :: Selenograph (n.) A picture or delineation of the moon's surface, or of any part of it..
Figural :: Figural (a.) Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of figures; as, figural ornaments..
Delineation :: Delineation (n.) A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words.
Stereography :: Stereographically (adv.) In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane.
Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures..
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