2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description
in words.
Their softest delineations of female beauty. --W.
Irving.
Syn: Sketch; portrait; outline. See {Sketch}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
delineation
n 1: 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},
{depiction}, {picture}, {characterization}, {characterisation}]
2: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects [syn: {depiction},
{limning}, {line drawing}]
3: representation by drawing or painting etc [syn: {depiction},
{portrayal}]