bounded

/ˈbaʊndɪd/

verb

  1. 1

    To surround a territory or other geographical entity.

    France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain.
  2. 2

    To be the boundary of.

verb

  1. 1

    To leap, move by jumping.

    The rabbit bounded down the lane.
  2. 2

    To cause to leap.

    to bound a horse
  3. 3

    To rebound; to bounce.

    a rubber ball bounds on the floor
  4. 4

    To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.

    to bound a ball on the floor

adjective

  1. 1

    (of a set) That can be enclosed within a ball of finite radius.

    A compact set must be bounded.
  2. 2

    (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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