Word: delineator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From delineate + -or. 1. One who, or that which, delineates. Example: Each bureucratic entity seems to have two faces in its operation: one is that of a delineator of public interests in its jurisdiction, and the other is that of an agent representing the interests of its constituents vis-a-vis the other interests in the bureaucratic coordinating processes: budgetary, administrative, and planning. Example: For example, in many situations the imperative of tension and a delineator of conflict may require that the hero be captured. 2. One who, or that which, delineates. Example: In fact, there is practically no change in the detection distances for the three lateral offset distances until the driver comes to within 400 feet of the first flexible post delineator. Example: Delineators may also be considered as an alternative to illumination. The color of the delineators should be the same as the color of the pavement markings they supplement. 3. One who, or that which, delineates. Example: Those who have the least idea of painting can easily conceive it was almost impossible for Vande Velde to paint on the open sea during the commotion of such an event; it was therefore necessary he should have recourse to drawing, to obtain the outlines of such objects and positions as he thought proper to delineate. It is from this circumstance that the writer has particularized him as a delineator instead of a painter. Example: Robert Hills ( 1765-1844 ) was a delineator of cattle and farmyard scenes, somewhat in the style of Ibbetson. 4. One who, or that which, delineates. Example: As a delineator of character, a diviner of secrets, a searcher into the hearts and imaginations of men, Shakespeare does, and will doubtless continue to stand forth unrivaled among men. Example: As a delineator of the old Irish peasant, Banim has few rivals. 5. A device to aid in the delineation of something. Example: The delineator consists of an upright frame-work of wood, into which is placed a sheet of transparent glass; upon this a piece of the patentee's prepared material, also transparent, is placed, which serves instead of papter for the draughtsman. Example: The application of the principle of the delineator to such cases was very simple, but it would be difficult and perhaps useless to construct a delineator for a case where four or five wheels were running over the span. 6. A device to aid in the delineation of something. 7. A device to aid in the delineation of something. Example: Now any one can easily make a delineator, by going to the hardware store and securing a few little screws, as shown in the cut, and then making or securing four little pieces of wood, as shown in the illustration, of about two feet in length. Example: Thus the delineator was used both to enlarge and reduce characters. 8. Any of various jobs that involve delineation, especially that of technical details. Example: The beauty of a wood-cut depends on the skill of both the delineator and the engraver; that is to say, if a drawing is cleanly and sharply executed, and then placed in the hands of a competent engraver, the result will be a type which produces an attractive print. 9. Any of various jobs that involve delineation, especially that of technical details. Example: The splendid illustrations were prepared under the direct and personal supervision of Dr. Cunningham, and most excellent artists were employed on this part of the work, all of them showing up as high specimens of the delineator's art, and thoroughly elucidate the text. Example: Furthermore, we have purposely and deliberately avoided the obliteration of the natural form of the plants by shadows, and other less necessary things, by which delineators sometimes try to win artistic glory: and we have not allowed the craftsmen so to indulge their whims as to cause the drawing not to correspond accurately to the truth. 10. Any of various jobs that involve delineation, especially that of technical details. Example: The art of the delineator was fully recognized in the early years of the century, and such drawings were often signed, Griffin's by her distinctive monogram. Example: The professional architectural delineator or renderer came into prominence during the second half of the nineteenth century in England and America. 11. Any of various jobs that involve delineation, especially that of technical details. Example: The issuance of a certification does not create or grant any property interest or right for the certified wetland delineator, nor does it create any rights for an individual relying upon a wetland delineation made by a certified wetaland delineator, but is intended to facilitate the determination of jurisdiction by the Corps. Example: The delineation procedure, with which to become familiar with before hiring a delineator, involves collecting maps, aerial photographs, plant data, soil surveys, stream gauge data, land use data, and other information. 12. Synonym of delimiter. Example: The values listed for fontstyle are combined using the comma as a delineator: BOLD, ULINE. Example: "gawk" is the GNU version of "awk", a powerful pattern-matching program for processing text files that may be composed of fixed- or variable-length records separated by some delineator ( by default, a newline character). 13. A suffix used in some Melanesian languages that acts like a determiner and signals that the noun to which it is attached can be used as an agent. Example: Thus certain nouns are inherently potential agents, and any other noun can be turned into one by the suffixation of the delineator. Example: in fact Scott further includes the class 'Potential Agent' as outranking Human on this scale, defining it as 'any proper noun representing an animate being, any personal pronoun, any inalienably-possessed kin term, or any term to which the delineator has been added. (emphasis ours).