boundary
English Thesaurus
1. the greatest possible degree of something (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | extent, |
| definition | : | the distance or area or volume over which something extends (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | knife-edge, |
| definition | : | a narrow boundary (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | brink, verge, |
| definition | : | the limit beyond which something happens or changes (noun.attribute) |
2. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something (noun.location)
| hypernym | : | extremity, |
| definition | : | the outermost or farthest region or point (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | hairline, |
| definition | : | the natural margin formed by hair on the head (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | frontier, |
| definition | : | an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | heliopause, |
| definition | : | the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | bourn, bourne, |
| definition | : | an archaic term for a boundary (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | district line, |
| definition | : | the boundary between two districts (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | county line, |
| definition | : | the boundary between two counties (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | city line, |
| definition | : | the boundary of a city (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | border, edge, |
| definition | : | the boundary of a surface (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | end, |
| definition | : | a boundary marking the extremities of something (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | lineation, outline, |
| definition | : | the line that appears to bound an object (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | surface, |
| definition | : | the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | shoreline, |
| definition | : | a boundary line between land and water (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | rubicon, |
| definition | : | the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war (noun.location) |
3. a line determining the limits of an area (noun.shape)
| hypernym | : | line, |
| definition | : | a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | rim, |
| definition | : | the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | border, margin, perimeter, |
| definition | : | the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | upper bound, |
| definition | : | (mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | lower bound, |
| definition | : | (mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | thalweg, |
| definition | : | the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states (noun.shape) |
4. the greatest possible degree of something (noun.attribute)
5. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something (noun.location)
| derivation | : | border, bound, |
| definition | : | form the boundary of; be contiguous to (verb.stative) |
6. a line determining the limits of an area (noun.shape)
| derivation | : | border, bound, |
| definition | : | form the boundary of; be contiguous to (verb.stative) |
7. the greatest possible degree of something (noun.attribute)
8. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something (noun.location)
| derivation | : | border, bound, |
| definition | : | form the boundary of; be contiguous to (verb.stative) |
9. a line determining the limits of an area (noun.shape)
| derivation | : | border, bound, |
| definition | : | form the boundary of; be contiguous to (verb.stative) |
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