delineation

Noun
  1. A graphic or vivid verbal description (synset 107216464)
    "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
    is a type of: description, verbal description - a statement that represents something in words
    subtypes:
    same as: characterisation, characterization, depiction, picture, word picture, word-painting
  2. A drawing of the outlines of forms or objects (synset 103178190)
    is a type of: drawing - a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines
    subtypes: animalization - a depiction in the form of an animal
    same as: depiction, limning, line drawing
  3. Representation by drawing or painting etc (synset 100902424)
    is a type of: pictorial representation, picturing - visual representation as by photography or painting
    subtypes: portraiture - the activity of making portraits
    same as: depiction, portrayal

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