delineation

n 1: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the

narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the

author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"

[syn: {word picture}, {word-painting}, {depiction}, {picture},

{characterization}]

2: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects [syn: {depiction},

{limning}, {line drawing}]

3: representation by drawing or painting etc [syn: {depiction},

{portrayal}]