Boundary — (plural: boundaries) may refer to: Border in psychology, Personal boundaries in mathematics, Boundary (topology), the closure minus the interior of a subset of a topological space; an edge in the topology of manifolds, as in the case of a… … Wikipedia
Boundary — Bound a*ry, n.; pl. {Boundaries} [From {Bound} a limit; cf. LL. bonnarium piece of land with fixed limits.] That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Boundary 2 — is an academic journal of postmodern cultural studies, critical theory, and literary criticism. In the 1970s and 1980s it was one of the primary venues for poststructuralist literary theory in the United States. It is edited primarily at the… … Wikipedia
boundary — (n.) 1620s, from BOUND (Cf. bound) (n.) + ARY (Cf. ary) … Etymology dictionary
boundary — [n] outer limit abuttals, ambit, barrier, beginning, border, borderland, borderline, bounds, brink, circumference, circumscription, compass, confines, edge, end, environs, extent, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, horizon, limits, line,… … New thesaurus
boundary — ► NOUN (pl. boundaries) 1) a line marking the limits of an area. 2) Cricket a hit crossing the limits of the field, scoring four or six runs. ORIGIN from BOUND(Cf. ↑bound) … English terms dictionary
boundary — [boun′drē, boun′də rē] n. pl. boundaries [ BOUND4 + ARY] any line or thing marking a limit; bound; border … English World dictionary
boundary — noun 1 line that marks the limits of a place ADJECTIVE ▪ common ▪ northern, southern, etc. ▪ national, state ▪ territorial … Collocations dictionary
boundary — bound|a|ry W3S2 [ˈbaundəri] n plural boundaries [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: BOUND41] 1.) the real or imaginary line that marks the edge of a state, country etc, or the edge of an area of land that belongs to someone boundary between ▪ The… … Dictionary of contemporary English
boundary — 01. Anyone found skiing outside the [boundary] is putting himself in danger, and if caught, will lose his lift pass. 02. The post office marks the [boundary] between the two municipalities. 03. We made a [boundary] of trees at the back of our… … Grammatical examples in English
