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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
delineated
    adj 1: represented accurately or precisely [syn: delineated,
           represented, delineate] [ant: undelineated]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
delineated \delineated\ adj.
   1. represented accurately or precisely. [Narrower terms:
      diagrammatic, diagrammatical; drawn; painted]
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. described in words with sharpness and detail or with vivid
      imagery. Opposite of undelineated.

   Syn: represented, delineate.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Delineate \De*lin"e*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delineated; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Delineating.]
   1. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

            Adventurous to delineate nature's form. --Akenside.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set
      forth; to describe.
      [1913 Webster]

            Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy.
                                                  --Walpole.
      [1913 Webster]

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