bounded
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Definitions ofbounded
- To surround a territory or other geographical entity.
Example: "France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain."
- To be the boundary of.
- To leap, move by jumping.
Example: "The rabbit bounded down the lane."
- To cause to leap.
Example: "to bound a horse"
- To rebound; to bounce.
Example: "a rubber ball bounds on the floor"
- To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.
Example: "to bound a ball on the floor"
- (of a set) That can be enclosed within a ball of finite radius.
Example: "A compact set must be bounded."
- (of a poset X with partial order ≤) That contains a least element, a, and a greatest element, b, such that for all x ∈ X, a ≤ x ≤ b.
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