EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Old French, from Latin
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
boundary (plural boundaries)
- The dividing line or location between two areas.
- 1908, W. B. M. Ferguson, Zollenstein, chapterIV:
- So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
- 1908, W. B. M. Ferguson, Zollenstein, chapterIV:
- (cricket) An edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.
- (cricket) An event whereby the ball is struck and either touches or passes over a boundary (with or without bouncing), usually resulting in an award of 4 (a four) or 6 (a six) runs respectively for the batting team.
- (topology) (of a set) the set of points in the closure of a set
, not belonging to the interior of that set.
, not belonging to the Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
dividing line or location between two areas
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(topology) the set of points in the closure, not belonging to the interior
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See alsoEdit
External linksEdit
- boundary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- boundary in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911