delimitation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

delimitation
    n 1: a line that indicates a boundary [syn: {boundary line},
         {border}, {borderline}, {delimitation}, {mete}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Delimitation \De*lim`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. delimitatio: cf. F.
   d['e]limitation.]
   The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries;
   limitation. --Gladstone.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

55 Moby Thesaurus words for "delimitation":
      border line, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line,
      bounding, bourn, break boundary, breakoff point, ceiling,
      circling-in, circumscribing, circumscription, compass, confine,
      cutoff, cutoff point, deadline, definition, demarcation,
      determinant, determination, division line, encincture, end,
      extremity, finish, floor, frontier, hedge, high-water mark,
      inclusion-exclusion, interface, limen, limit, limitation,
      limiting factor, line, line of demarcation, low-water mark,
      lower limit, march, mark, mete, specification, start,
      starting line, starting point, target date, term, terminal date,
      terminus, threshold, time allotment, upper limit