'Delineation' definitions:
Definition of 'delineation'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation]
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Definition of 'Delineation'
From: GCIDE
- Delineation \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words. [1913 Webster]
- Their softest delineations of female beauty. --W. Irving.
- Syn: Sketch; portrait; outline. See Sketch. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'delineation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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