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delimitation

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The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation.

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After 1492 the discovery of the West Indies by Christopher Columbus rendered desirable a delimitation of the Spanish and Portuguese spheres of exploration. Source: Internet

In October 2004, China signed an agreement with Russia on the delimitation of their entire convert-long border, which had long been in dispute. Source: Internet

In general, problems of subfamilies delimitation in Rubiaceae based on morphological characters are linked with the extreme naturalness of the family, hence a relatively low divergence of its members. Source: Internet

Home Minister Amit Shah, while announcing reorganisation of the state into UTs of J&K and Ladakh on August 5, 2019, had said that delimitation of Assembly constituencies of the erstwhile state would be carried out based on 2011 Census. Source: Internet

In Grenada these included prospecting for offshore oil and gas and the delimitation of maritime boundaries. Source: Internet

If before, the census can provide baselines of population distribution that validates the voter registration process and provides the foundation for constituency delimitation. Source: Internet

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