# bounding

Pronunciation: say "BOWN-ding" /ˈbaʊndɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of bound. — present participle and gerund of bound
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of bound. Use this form for an action of leaping that is happening now.
   - _The deer kept bounding through the tall grass toward the trees._
   - _We laughed as the puppy came bounding down the hallway._

## Noun

2. The act of leaping or springing forward, as done by someone or something moving in great strides.
   - Simple: The action of leaping or jumping forward in long, springy steps.
   - _The bounding of the hounds through the underbrush startled a flock of birds._
   - _The dancer's bounding across the stage drew gasps from the audience._
3. A boundary marking the limit or outer edge of an area.
   - Simple: A line or edge that marks where an area ends.
   - _The river formed a natural bounding between the two counties._
   - _The neighbors disputed the exact bounding of the shared farmland._
5. The application of fire protection products only within limits that scientific testing has established.
   - Simple: The use of fire safety products only within the limits proven safe by testing.
   - _Fire engineers rely on bounding to ensure each coating stays within its tested limits._
   - _The report explained how bounding governs the safe use of these protective products._

## Adjective

4. Enclosing all points of a given set within its limits, so that nothing lies outside.
   - Simple: Forming a shape or area that holds all the points of something inside it.
   - _A bounding sphere wraps around the model so that no vertex lies outside it._
   - _The algorithm fits a bounding rectangle around the cluster of data points._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bounding (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).