bounding

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/ˈbaʊndɪŋ/

noun

The use of fire protection products within limits determined by scientific tests.

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enclosing
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bound
nounbounding (countable and uncountable, plural boundings)

plural boundings

  1. uncountableThe use of fire protection products within limits determined by scientific tests.
  2. countableuncountableA boundary.

    Without buttings or boundings on any side.

    a. 1709, William Beveridge, The Being, Love, and Other Attributes of God
  3. countableuncountableThe act of one who bounds or leaps.
adjectivebounding (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegeometryContaining all points of a given set within it.

    Synonyms: enclosing

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveContaining all points of a given set within it.

Similar
enclosing
Also see
boundaryingenclosing

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bounding

surroundingfoundingsoundingroundingpoundinggroundingastoundingresoundinghounding
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Anagrams

unboding
Cite this entry
APA

bounding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bounding

MLA

“bounding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bounding. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bounding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bounding.

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