boundary

1 the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something [syn: bound, bounds]

2 a line determining the limits of an area [syn: edge, bound]

3 the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability" [syn: limit, bounds]

English

Pronunciation

• a UK /baʊndɹi/ /baUndri/
• Rhymes with: -aʊndɹi

Etymology

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Noun

1. The dividing line or location between two areas.
2. A score of 4 or 6 runs, occasioned by the ball being hit across the boundary (with or without bouncing).

Translations

Translations to be checked

• ttbc Telugu: ఎల్ల (ella), సరిహద్దు (sarihaddu)

Derived terms

• boundary umpire
• boundary rider

Boundary (plural: boundaries) may refer to:

• A border that encloses a space or an abstract concept
• Boundary in surveying is the dividing line between parcels of land, and the subject of a 'boundary survey'
• Boundary (cricket), the border of the field in the sport of cricket
• Boundary (topology), the set of points in the closure but not the interior of a subset of a topological space
• The conditions of a boundary value problem
• 'Boundary', an edge in the topology of manifolds, as in the case of a 'manifold with boundary'
• Boundary (thermodynamic), the edge of a thermodynamic system across which heat, mass, or work can flow
• Boundaries in landscape history, the divide between areas of differing land use
• Boundaries (film), a 1997 movie starring Playboy 'playmate' Kathy Shower
• Boundaries (television), a 2008 television series.
• Boundary critique a concept about the meaning and validity of propositions.
• Boundary Ranges, a mountain range in British Columbia, Canada and Alaska, United States

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