English-Thai Dictionary

boundary

N ขอบเขต  เขตแดน  อาณาเขต  border khed-daen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BOUNDARY

n.A limit; a bound. This word is thus used as synonymous with bound. But the real sense is, a visible mark designating a limit. Bound is the limit itself or furthest point of extension, and may be an imaginary line; but boundary is the thing which ascertains the limit; terminus, not finis. Thus by a statute of Connecticut, it is enacted that the inhabitants of every town shall procure its bounds to be set out by such marks and boundaries as may be a plain direction for the future; which marks and boundaries shall be a great heap of stones or a ditch of six feet long, etc. This distinction is observed also in the statute of Massachusetts. But the two words are, in ordinary use, confounded.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BOUNDARY

Bound "a *ry, n.; pl. Boundaries ( Etym: [From Bound a limit; cf. LL. bonnarium piece of land with fixed limits.]

 

Defn: That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit. But still his native country lies Beyond the boundaries of the skies.N. Cotton. That bright and tranquil stream, the boundary of Louth and Meath. Macaulay. Sensation and reflection are the boundaries of our thoughts. Locke.

 

Syn. -- Limit; bound; border; term; termination; barrier; verge; confines; precinct. Bound, Boundary. Boundary, in its original and strictest sense, is a visible object or mark indicating a limit. Bound is the limit itself. But in ordinary usage the two words are made interchangeable.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

boundary

bound a ry |ˈbound (ə )rē ˈbaʊnd (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. boundaries ) a line that marks the limits of an area; a dividing line: the eastern boundary of the wilderness | the boundary between the US and Canada | [ as modifier ] : a boundary wall. • (often boundaries ) a limit of a subject or sphere of activity: a community without class or political boundaries. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: variant of dialect bounder, from bound 2 + -er 1, perhaps on the pattern of limitary .

 

boundary condition

bound a ry con di tion ▶noun Mathematics a condition that is required to be satisfied at all or part of the boundary of a region in which a set of differential equations is to be solved.

 

boundary layer

bound a ry lay er ▶noun a layer of more or less stationary fluid (such as water or air ) immediately surrounding an immersed object in relative motion with the fluid.

 

boundary rider

bound |ary rider ▶noun Austral. /NZ a person employed to maintain the outer fences of a cattle or sheep station.

 

boundary umpire

bound |ary um ¦pire ▶noun Australian Rules an umpire on the boundary line who signals when the ball is out and throws it back in to restart play.

 

boundary value

bound |ary value ▶noun Mathematics a value specified by a boundary condition.

 

Boundary Waters

Bound a ry Waters a region in northeast Minnesota, along the Ontario border, known as a canoeing wilderness.

 

Oxford Dictionary

boundary

bound |ary |ˈbaʊnd (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. boundaries ) 1 a line which marks the limits of an area; a dividing line: a county boundary | the river marks the boundary between the two regions | [ as modifier ] : a boundary wall. • (often boundaries ) a limit of something abstract, especially a subject or sphere of activity: a community without class or political boundaries. 2 Cricket a hit crossing the limits of the field, scoring four or six runs. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: variant of dialect bounder, from bound 2 + -er 1, perhaps on the pattern of limitary .

 

boundary condition

bound |ary con |di ¦tion ▶noun Mathematics a condition that is required to be satisfied at all or part of the boundary of a region in which a set of differential conditions is to be solved.

 

boundary layer

bound |ary layer ▶noun a layer of more or less stationary fluid (such as water or air ) immediately surrounding an immersed moving object.

 

boundary rider

bound |ary rider ▶noun Austral. /NZ a person employed to maintain the outer fences of a cattle or sheep station.

 

boundary umpire

bound |ary um ¦pire ▶noun Australian Rules an umpire on the boundary line who signals when the ball is out and throws it back in to restart play.

 

boundary value

bound |ary value ▶noun Mathematics a value specified by a boundary condition.

 

Boundary Waters

Bound a ry Waters a region in northeast Minnesota, along the Ontario border, known as a canoeing wilderness.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

boundary

boundary noun 1 the boundary between Alaska and the Yukon Territory: border, frontier, borderline, partition; fenceline. 2 the boundary between art and advertising: dividing line, divide, division, borderline, cutoff point. 3 the boundary of his estate: bounds, confines, limits, margins, edges, fringes; border, periphery, perimeter. 4 (boundaries ) the boundaries of acceptable behavior: limits, parameters, bounds, confines; ambit, compass.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

boundary

boundary noun 1 the river Jordan marks the boundary between Israel and Jordan: border, frontier, borderline, partition, dividing line, bounding line. 2 the boundary between art and advertising: dividing line, divide, division, borderline, demarcation line, line of demarcation, cut-off point, threshold. 3 he walked the boundary of his estate: bounds, confines, limits, outer limits, extremities, margins, edges, fringes; border, periphery, perimeter, circumference, rim, circuit; literary marge, bourn, skirt. 4 (boundaries ) the pupils probed the boundaries of accepted behaviour: limits, parameters, bounds, outer limits, confines, extremities, barriers, thresholds; ambit, compass. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD boundary, border, frontier See border . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

boundary

bound a ry /báʊnd (ə )ri /〖bound (境界 )ary (場所 )〗名詞 複 -ries /-z /C 1 «…の間の » 境界 (線 )(boundary line ) «between » (→border 類義 )▸ The Himalayas form the natural boundary of India on the north .ヒマラヤ山脈はインド北部の自然の境界となっている ▸ the boundary between fact and fiction 事実と虚構の間の境界 ▸ draw a boundary 境界線を引く 2 〖通例 -ries 〗限界, 範囲 ▸ within the boundaries of technology [tolerance ]技術 [忍耐 ]の範囲内で ▸ Music cuts across racial boundaries .音楽は人種の垣根を越える 3 〘クリケット 〙バウンダリー 〘球場の境界 〙; バウンダリー外への打撃 .p ù sh (b à ck ) [ext è nd ] the b ó undaries of A A 〈考え 信念など 〉の限界を押し広げる, 境界を拡大させる .～́ l à yer 〘物理 〙境界層 〘物体表面近くに生じる流体の層 〙.～́ r ì der ｟豪 ニュージー ｠牧場監視人 .