🔗 A separator ✂️ To separate

to delim

9.7

To separate data into parts using a character like a comma

verb
/dɪˈlɪm/

Jargon

: delimitar

The program will delim the output with commas for easier reading.

Examples

You can delim the values in the file using a tab character.
To process the data correctly, make sure to delim each entry with a colon.
Please delim the data for easier analysis.
The software can delim text files automatically.
The program will delim the output with commas for easier reading.
You can delim the values in the file using a tab character.
To process the data correctly, make sure to delim each entry with a colon.

Synonyms

to explode

vsto delim

Specialized

1 6.3

To split text into parts at a mark like a comma

can insert a delimiter rather than only use an existing one

to delimit

vsto delim

Formal

1 7.0

To mark the edges of an area or idea

performs actual splitting into parts using a delimiter rather than just marking limits

to tokenize

vsto delim

Specialized

7.0

To break writing into words or symbols so a computer can use it

uses or inserts a delimiter rather than identifying linguistic tokens

Surface Forms

delim infinitive

delimited past

delimited past participle

delimiting present participle

delims third person singular

Etymology

The word delim used as a verb comes from the noun delimiter, linked to de- and the root of limit, meaning 'boundary'. To delim something is to put those boundary signs in text or data, in other words to separate it into parts.