- (n.) A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words.
- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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