bounded
/ˈbaʊndɪd/
verb
- 1
To surround a territory or other geographical entity.
“France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain.”
- 2
To be the boundary of.
verb
- 1
To leap, move by jumping.
“The rabbit bounded down the lane.”
- 2
To cause to leap.
“to bound a horse”
- 3
To rebound; to bounce.
“a rubber ball bounds on the floor”
- 4
To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.
“to bound a ball on the floor”
adjective
- 1
(of a set) That can be enclosed within a ball of finite radius.
“A compact set must be bounded.”
- 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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