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Etymology

From French délimiter, from Late Latin dēlīmitō (I mark out the limits), from dē- + līmitō (I limit, I bound); see limit.

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Verb

delimit (third-person singular simple present delimits, present participle delimiting, simple past and past participle delimited)

  1. (transitive, literal, figurative) To mark or fix the limits of.
    Near-synonyms: (literal) demarcate; (figurative) limit, constrain
    Data items in the computer file were delimited by commas.
    The square brackets delimit the list, and individual elements are separated by commas.WB
    The possibilities for new automotive features are vast but are practically delimited by costs of development and manufacturing.

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