Synonyms for boundary
ˈbaʊn də ri, -dribound·a·ry

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1. boundary

   The boundary was originally the landmark, that which marked off one piece of territory from another. The bound is the limit, marked or unmarked. Now, however, the difference between the two words has come to be simply one of usage. As regards territory, we speak of the boundaries of a nation or of an estate; the bounds of a college, a ball-ground, etc. Bounds may be used for all within the limits, boundary for the limiting line only. Boundary looks to that which is without; bound only to that which is within. Hence we speak of the bounds, not the boundaries, of a subject, of the universe, etc.; we say the students were forbidden to go beyond the bounds. A barrier is something that bars ingress or egress. A barrier may be a boundary, as was the Great Wall of China. Bourn, or bourne, is a poetical expression for bound or boundary. A border is a strip of land along the boundary. Edge is a sharp terminal line, as where river or ocean meets the land. Limit is now used almost wholly in the figurative sense; as, the limit of discussion, of time, of jurisdiction. Line is a military term; as, within the lines, or through the lines, of an army. Compare BARRIER; END.

   Synonyms:
   barrier, border, bound, bourn, bourne, confines, edge, enclosure, frontier, landmark, limit, line, marches, marge, margin, term, termination, verge

   Antonyms:
   center, citadel, estate, inside, interior, land, region, territory

   Preposition:
   The boundaries of an estate; the boundary between neighboring territories.

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1. boundary, bound, boundsnoun

   the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

   Synonyms:
   bound, saltation, edge, bounce, spring, bounds, limit, leaping, leap

2. boundary, edge, boundnoun

   a line determining the limits of an area

   Synonyms:
   bound, saltation, edge, bounce, spring, bounds, limit, leaping, border, leap, sharpness

3. limit, bound, boundarynoun

   the greatest possible degree of something

   "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"

   Synonyms:
   terminus ad quem, terminal point, edge, point of accumulation, demarcation, bound, spring, leap, limit point, demarcation line, saltation, bounce, bounds, leaping, limit, limitation

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1. • Extent
   • Line

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1. electron cloud

   an electron cloud is the are around the nucleus and limits the area where the electrons can move.

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1. boundarynoun

   Synonyms:
   limit, border, confine, bourn, bound, verge, term, termination

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1. boundarynoun

   Synonyms:
   circumference, periphery, bound, limit, border, term, confines, precinct, bourn, march, marge

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1. List of paraphrases for "boundary":

   border, limit, limits, borders, boundaries, frontier, demarcation, perimeter, bordering, frontiers, limitations, borderline, delimitation, cross-boundary, delineation, neighbouring, frontière

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1. Sebastian Coe:

   You have to say that the scope and scale of these allegations takes it beyond simply a competitor deciding to step beyond the moral boundary, the very fact that the allegations are in the public domain means that they are serious. So, we have to be very clear that this is a very, very difficult time for our sport.

2. Glenn Phillips:

   It's a 1,400-kilometer boundary which we manage all the time with 700 rangers -- rangers that now must mainly focus on anti-poaching operations.

3. Natsue Abe:

   The second aim is we want to investigate the boundary between the oceanic crust and the mantle, the third one is we want to know how the oceanic crust formed.

4. Christopher Harris:

   I don’t think Mexico is doing this on purpose, but do I think they care - not a bit. The The U-S government has to start doing some things to make Mexico care about its actions, the U-S can not solve this all alone, but we can mitigate the environmental hazards, and that is going to take the EPA and the International Boundary and Water Commission to get off the dime and start doing what they are supposed to.

5. Rajdeep Dasgupta:

   This study suggests that a rocky, Earth-like planet gets more chances to acquire life-essential elements if it forms and grows from giant impacts with planets that have sampled different building blocks, perhaps from different parts of a protoplanetary disk, this removes some boundary conditions. It shows that life-essential volatiles can arrive at the surface layers of a planet, even if they were produced on planetary bodies that underwent core formation under very different conditions.