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fron⋅tier
[fruhn-teer, fron-; also, especially Brit., fruhn-teer] 
tɪər
–noun
| 1. | the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border. |
| 2. | the land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country's settled or inhabited regions. |
| 3. | Often, frontiers.
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| 4. | Mathematics. boundary (def. 2). |
–adjective
| 5. | of, pertaining to, or located on the frontier: a frontier town. |
bound⋅a⋅ry
[boun-duh-ree, -dree] –noun, plural -ries.
| 1. | something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line. |
| 2. | Also called frontier. Mathematics. the collection of all points of a given set having the property that every neighborhood of each point contains points in the set and in the complement of the set. |
| 3. | Cricket. a hit in which the ball reaches or crosses the boundary line of the field on one or more bounces, counting four runs for the batsman. Compare six (def. 5). |
Synonyms:
1. Boundary, border, frontier share the sense of that which divides one entity or political unit from another. Boundary, in reference to a country, city, state, territory, or the like, most often designates a line on a map: boundaries are shown in red. Occasionally, it also refers to a physical feature that marks the agreed-upon line separating two political units: The Niagara River forms part of the boundary between the United States and Canada. Border is more often used than boundary in direct reference to a political dividing line; it may also refer to the region (of, for instance, a country) adjoining the actual line of demarcation: crossing the Mexican border; border towns along the Rio Grande. Frontier may refer to a political dividing line: crossed the Spanish frontier on Tuesday. It may also denote or describe the portion of a country adjoining its border with another country (towns in the Polish frontier) or, especially in North America, the most remote settled or occupied parts of a country: the frontier towns of the Great Plains. Frontier, especially in the plural, also refers to the most advanced or newest activities in an area of knowledge or practice: the frontiers of nuclear medicine.
1. Boundary, border, frontier share the sense of that which divides one entity or political unit from another. Boundary, in reference to a country, city, state, territory, or the like, most often designates a line on a map: boundaries are shown in red. Occasionally, it also refers to a physical feature that marks the agreed-upon line separating two political units: The Niagara River forms part of the boundary between the United States and Canada. Border is more often used than boundary in direct reference to a political dividing line; it may also refer to the region (of, for instance, a country) adjoining the actual line of demarcation: crossing the Mexican border; border towns along the Rio Grande. Frontier may refer to a political dividing line: crossed the Spanish frontier on Tuesday. It may also denote or describe the portion of a country adjoining its border with another country (towns in the Polish frontier) or, especially in North America, the most remote settled or occupied parts of a country: the frontier towns of the Great Plains. Frontier, especially in the plural, also refers to the most advanced or newest activities in an area of knowledge or practice: the frontiers of nuclear medicine.
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| fron·tier (frŭn-tîr', frŏn-, frŭn'tîr', frŏn'-) n.
[Middle English frountier, from Old French frontier, from front, forehead, front; see front.] |
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Frontier
Fron"tier\, n. [F. fronti[`e]re, LL. frontaria. See Front.]1. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization. 2. (Fort.) An outwork. [Obs.] Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets. --Shak.Frontier
Fron"tier\, a. 1. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town. 2. Of or relating to a frontier. "Frontier experience." --W. Irving.Frontier
Fron"tier\, v. i. To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
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Language Translation for : frontier
Spanish:
frontera,
German:
die Grenze, Grenz-…,
Japanese:
国境
frontier
c.1400, from O.Fr. fronter, from front "brow" (see front). Originally the front line of an army, sense of "borderland" is first attested 1413. In reference to N.Amer., from 1676; later with a specific sense:
"What is the frontier? ... In the census reports it is treated as the margin of that settlement which has a density of two or more to the square mile." [F.J. Turner, "The Frontier in American History"]Frontiersman is from 1782.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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