What's the difference between delimit and delineate?

Delimit


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It delimitates the restrictive conditions in which such methods could be used for clinical but not research purposes.
  • (2) The present study delimits the relationship of primary trigeminal afferents to their targets, the brainstem trigeminal nuclei of the neonatal rat.
  • (3) Optical light, transmission, and scanning electron microscopy were used in investigations of epithelia in the glandular region of the milk cistern and greater lactiferous ducts and yielded the following findings, four and six hours from infection: degeneration and necrosis of epithelial cells, intraepithelial foreign cell infiltration (neutrophilic granulocytes, lymphocytes, macrophages), intra-epithelial oedema and locally delimited epithelial loss.
  • (4) A site for initiation of the intramolecular recombination in the S. cerevisiae host was delimited into, at most, a 58-bp region in the inverted repeats by using mutant plasmids created by linker insertion.
  • (5) The unstable 3' portion of the transcript is delimited by two alternative stem-and-loop structures, which apparently act as barriers to 3' exoribonucleases and thereby protect the upstream RNA segment.
  • (6) Delimitation of the pathological process in the lung is characterized by an increase in the number of T- and B-lymphocytes and considerable predominance of polygonally shaped cells with cytoplasmic outgrowths of different lengths and their subsequent replacement by a cell form transitory between T- and B-lymphocytes.
  • (7) The caudate lobe is the only real and constant hepatic lobe of mammals and it requires a better delimitation in a modern conception of human liver segmentation.
  • (8) beta-Adrenergic agonists activate the G protein, Gs, which stimulates cardiac calcium currents by both cytoplasmic, indirect and membrane-delimited, direct pathways.
  • (9) Reference is also made to the need for delimitation of this pathological complex from other papillary tumours of the mammary gland.
  • (10) A small municipality of about 2,000 inhabitants on a large plain (that of the river Po, which flows across the whole of Northern Italy) was chosen as a model to study the level of genetic isolation of a population which is not delimited by clear geographical barriers.
  • (11) Such early autophagosomes were thus delimited by two membranes separated by a narrow lumen.
  • (12) Baghdad and Erbil have an endless list of grievances, ranging from border controls and the integration of the peshmerga to the Iraqi national army, to the delimitation of Kurdistan and the sharing of wealth between the centre and the autonomous region – especially oil.
  • (13) Ultrasonography is the most effective diagnostic modality for locating and delimiting cystic orbital lesions, and may often provide an accurate tissue diagnosis.
  • (14) This technique has also led to a better delimitation and sometimes a direct observation and spatial localization of some anatomical structures above and below the tentorium.
  • (15) Therefore, an attempt was made to apply to 30 patients three-per-cent boric acid to cope with locally delimited Pseudomonas wound infections.
  • (16) To begin to define the regulatory mechanisms that mediate the selective activation of the mck enhancer in differentiating muscle cells, we have further delimited the boundaries of this enhancer and analyzed its interactions with nuclear factors from a variety of myogenic and nonmyogenic cell types.
  • (17) These analyses unmasked unique attributes of spontaneous LH secretory events, which were represented as delimited momentary augmentations in endogenous LH secretory rates interspersed among intervals of relative secretory quiescence.
  • (18) We could delimit two cis-regulatory elements important for gradual activation of the LPL gene during adipocyte development in vitro.
  • (19) This small and sharply delimited nucleus is composed of densely packed neurons.
  • (20) A definition is offered to delimit more precisely the two clinical entities in question.

Delineate


Definition:

  • (a.) Delineated; portrayed.
  • (v. t.) To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation.
  • (v. t.) To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The extent of the infectious process was limited, however, because the life span of the cultures was not significantly shortened, the yields of infectious virus per immunofluorescent cell were at all times low, and most infected cells contained only a few well-delineated small masses of antigen, suggestive of an abortive infection.
  • (2) This association is delineated from two other "facio-audio-symphalangism" syndromes and from Wildervanck syndrome.
  • (3) They more precisely delineate the hazard identification process and the factors important in supporting risk decisions for developmental toxicants than does any other document.
  • (4) Delineation of the presence and anatomy of an obstructed, nonfunctioning upper-pole duplex system often requires multiple imaging techniques.
  • (5) Current status of prognosis in clinical, experimental and prophylactic medicine is delineated with formulation of the purposes and feasibility of therapeutic and preventive realization of the disease onset and run prediction.
  • (6) Their significance in adding to the doctor's knowledge of the patient is delineated.
  • (7) For consistent identification of the normal pancreas, preliminary longitudinal scanning at, or near, the mid-line and subsequent oblique scanning in the long axis are necessary prerequisites in delineating the anatomic outline of the pancreas.
  • (8) The fringe of the seizure ("borderland of epilepsy") is briefly delineated.
  • (9) Developmental changes are delineated, with particular reference to recent work on the ovine blood-brain barrier.
  • (10) Epidermolytic PPK is a well delineated autosomal dominant entity, but no recessive form is known.
  • (11) Anticardiolipin antibodies delineate a recently defined syndrome characterized by venous and arterial thrombosis, thrombocytopenia and recurrent fetal loss, usually in the setting of autoimmune disease.
  • (12) In order to delineate the critical blood flow pattern during the Cushing response in intracranial hypertension, regional cerebral blood flow was measured with radioactive microspheres in 12 anesthetized dogs at respiratory arrest caused either by expansion of an epidural supratentorial balloon or by cisternal infusion.
  • (13) Three distinct antigenic regions were delineated on P by competitive radioimmunoassays (RIAs), and through Western blot analysis all three sites were mapped to a 40,000-MW (40K) Staphylococcus aureus protease V8-digestion fragment, which remains associated with the neucleocapsid structure.
  • (14) The utility of a life charting approach is emphasized in delineating past and present course of illness, considering the relevance of cycling pattern and past treatment efficacy in selection of present pharmacological interventions, and helping to formulate a multifactorial concept of the interplay of biological and psychosocial factors in the evolution or exacerbation of mood disorders.
  • (15) By analysis of the three sequences we were able to delineate a hypothetic model for region X domain evolution and discussed the origin of genetic variability within and without strains.
  • (16) The usual clinical environment in which this type of reaction occurs has been very specifically delineated.
  • (17) The implications of these findings for delineating the locus of the memory impairment in multiple sclerosis is discussed.
  • (18) In two of the cases in which almost the whole lungs were studied on continuous slice images with thin slice high resolution CT, sub-sub-subsegmental bronchi could be easily delineated, except in for the lingular segment.
  • (19) Clinical and standard radiographic evaluation of patients with lumbosacral radicular symptoms may, on occasion, fail to delineate a cause.
  • (20) The significance of ventricular asynergy in determining medical prognosis and surgical risk in patients with coronary artery disease and its delineation by ventriculography have been of increasing interest.