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boundary
Overview of noun boundary
The noun boundary has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) boundary, bound, bounds -- (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)
2. (2) boundary, edge, bound -- (a line determining the limits of an area)
3. limit, bound, boundary -- (the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boundary
3 senses of boundary
Sense 1
boundary, bound, bounds
=> extremity
=> region, part
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
boundary, edge, bound
=> line
=> shape, form
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
limit, bound, boundary
=> extent
=> magnitude
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun boundary
3 senses of boundary
Sense 1
boundary, bound, bounds
=> hairline
=> frontier
=> heliopause
=> boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete
=> bourn, bourne
=> district line
=> county line
=> city line
=> edge, border
=> end
=> limit, demarcation, demarcation line
=> outline, lineation
HAS INSTANCE=> Rubicon
=> surface
HAS INSTANCE=> Mohorovicic discontinuity, Moho
=> shoreline
Sense 2
boundary, edge, bound
=> rim
=> margin, border, perimeter
=> periphery, fringe, outer boundary
=> brink, threshold, verge
=> upper bound
=> lower bound
=> thalweg
Sense 3
limit, bound, boundary
=> knife-edge
=> starkness, absoluteness, utterness
=> thermal barrier, heat barrier
=> utmost, uttermost, maximum, level best
=> verge, brink
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boundary
3 senses of boundary
Sense 1
boundary, bound, bounds
=> extremity
Sense 2
boundary, edge, bound
=> line
Sense 3
limit, bound, boundary
=> extent
Antonyms of noun boundary
Member Holonyms of noun boundary
Substance Holonyms of noun boundary
Part Holonyms of noun boundary
Member Meronyms of noun boundary
Substance Meronyms of noun boundary
Part Meronyms of noun boundary
Meronyms of noun boundary
Holonyms of noun boundary
Attributes of noun boundary
Derived Forms of noun boundary
2 of 3 senses of boundary
Sense 1
boundary, bound, bounds
RELATED TO>(verb) bound#2
=> bound, border
Sense 2
boundary, edge, bound
RELATED TO>(verb) bound#2
=> bound, border
Domain of noun boundary
Domain Terms of noun boundary
Familiarity of noun boundary
boundary used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun boundary
3 senses of boundary
Sense 1
boundary, bound, bounds
> extremity
=> boundary, bound, bounds
=> end
=> extreme point, extreme, extremum
=> limit
Sense 2
boundary, edge, bound
> line
=> curve
=> curve, curved shape
=> straight line
=> geodesic, geodesic line
=> perimeter
=> centerline, center line
=> boundary, edge, bound
Sense 3
limit, bound, boundary
> extent
=> coverage
=> frontage
=> limit, bound, boundary
=> scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
=> area, expanse, surface area
=> length
=> depth
Meronyms of noun boundary
3 senses of boundary
Holonyms of noun boundary
Grep of noun boundary
boundary
boundary condition
boundary layer
boundary line
outer boundary
state boundary
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