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English word boundary comes from English bound (limit, landmark) and -ary (an adjective indicating pertainingness). Its core part bound comes from Latin butina (a bound, limit), which is of unknown ultimate origin

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bound (English)

(dated) Constipated; costive.. (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.. (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.. (with infinitive) Obliged (to).. (with infinitive) Very likely (to).. Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.. Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound. (mathematics) To be the boundary of.. To [...]

-ary (English)

(mathematics) having the specified arity.. Of or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.

boundary (English)

(cricket) An edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.. (cricket) An event whereby the ball is struck and either touches or passes over a boundary (with or without bouncing), usually resulting in an award of 4 (four) or 6 (six) runs respectively for the batting team.. (topology) (of a set) The set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set.. The [...]

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