distinct boundary

collocation in English

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distinct
adjective
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/dɪˈstɪŋkt/us
/dɪˈstɪŋkt/
clearly noticeable; that ...
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boundary
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/us
/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/
a real or imagined line that marks the edge or limit ...
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(Definition ofdistinctandboundaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In that part the motorway provides adistinctboundary.
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There is no possibility of drawing a definite anddistinctboundarybetween one grade and another, or between one category and another.
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There is nodistinctboundarywhere the atmosphere ends; it just tapers away.
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This will enable the manufacturing of products with two or more materials that are graded and there will be nodistinctboundarybetween the materials.
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Sand forest has adistinctboundaryand also exhibits a narrow zone of 12 m of nearly bare soil directly bordering it.
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The term refers to anydistinctboundarywithin which a system trusts all sub-systems (including data).
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The city by now had been divided in six wards with verydistinctboundarylines.
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In some implementations that make use of the interpreter approach there is nodistinctboundarybetween compiling and interpreting.
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A system may have severaldistinctboundarysectors or partitions separating it from the surroundings, each characterized by how it restricts transfers, and being permeable to its characteristic transferred quantities.
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Actin bundles in the perinuclear egg cell form an anastomosing network with distinct boundaries.
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The keratinocytes of the stratum lucidum do not feature distinct boundaries and are filled with eleidin, an intermediate form of keratin.
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There is a continuum from the most theoretical to the most empirical scientists with no distinct boundaries.
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Others were designed as new development areas and then obtained their own name, but often have no distinct boundaries.
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As such they are conceptual constructs, usually lacking distinct boundaries.
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The peristome is indistinctly delimited (without distinct boundaries), and the mouth area fibrillose.
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One explanation may be that more clearly defined rules gives players more distinct boundaries on penalties, resulting in fewer penalties.
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In e-governance there are no distinct boundaries.
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