boundary

Noun

Meaning

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 limit.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

limit border edge bound barrier verge frontier division threshold perimeter fringe extremity demarcation bounds confines
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

line extent extremity

Hyponyms

bourne frontier end surface mete maximum

Phrases with the word

top boundary line state boundary higher boundary top boundary bottom boundary break boundary

Derivatives

boundaries

Examples

Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition. Alan Turing

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination. Edmund Burke

No man has the right to fix the boundary to the march of a nation. Charles Stewart Parnell

I work on the boundary between economics and statistics in this field called econometrics. Part of my interest is understanding how you use statistics in productive ways to analyze dynamic economic models. Lars Peter Hansen

Don't move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless. African Proverb

You never had neighbours as good as boundary fences. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

boundaries of the abdominal cavity boundariless boundarilessness boundary ambersnail boundary bars Boundary Commission