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Delineation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively.

(2):

(n.) A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Delineation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/delineation.html. 1828.