bounded

IPA: bˈaʊndʌd

(mathematical analysis, of a set) That can be enclosed within a ball of finite radius.
(set theory, order theory, 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.

Examples of "bounded" in Sentences

It bounded from the man's skull, and the man fell and never spoke again.
These, however, remain bounded by the captivity of our interpretive imagination to the representation of meaning in words.
A jack-rabbit bounded from a bush under his horse's nose, leaped the stream, and vanished up the opposite hillside of scrub-oak.
In contrast to Attenborough, the boyishly eager Irwin bounded into the frame like Tigger, leaping after the crocs and bantering at full volume: “Crikey!”
Born in captivity, Brunhilda became the face of the controversial program when, as a saucy 9-month-old pup, she bounded from a cage in 1998 as one of the first wolves introduced into the wild.
There was a sound of crashing through underbrush, the ringing of steel-shod hoofs on stone, and an occasional and mossy descent of a dislodged boulder that bounded from the hill and fetched up with a final splash in the torrent that rushed over a wild chaos of rocks beneath him.