ungraduated ruler; straightedge
frontier river; river forming international boundary
accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of Chinese art); picture created using this technique
boundary stone; table marking border
limits; bounds; dividing line
contact surface; (computing) interface
ball within bounds (sports); in; fair ball (baseball)
lower bound (math.); world of mortals; (of Gods) to descend to the world of mortals
common boundary; common border
world of the immortals; fairyland; cloud nine
to cross a border; to go out of bounds (sport)
county border; county line
all walks of life; all social circles
business world; business community
national boundary; border between countries
the outside world; external
demarcation; boundary; delimited; bound (math.)
the press; journalistic circles; the journalists
an interface; to relate with; to affiliate
political and government circles
to demarcate a boundary; dividing line
territory occupied by aborigines in Taiwan (old)
provincial boundaries; provincial boundary
settlement; international settlement in many Chinese cities established under unequal treaties from 1860
fungus (taxonomic kingdom); mycota
to cross a border; to overstep a bound
supremum (math.); least upper bound
infimum (math.); greatest lower bound
worldview; world outlook; Weltanschauung
critical point; boundary point
sports circles; the sporting world
worldwide; entire world; whole world; global
northern Eurasia (in geography)
border between countries; line forming the border
entertainment world; show business
academic circles; academia
industry; the world of business
broaden, expand one's horizons
academic world; academic circles; academia
without borders (used for organizations such as Médecins sans Frontières)
everywhere; across the world
performing arts circles; show business
moviedom; the world of movies; film circles
intellectual circles; intelligentsia
world of science; scientific circles
nature; the natural world
boundary line; border line
banking circles; the world of finance
all over the world; everywhere; in all parts of the world
the roof of the world; usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
青藏高原
ranked number one in the world; the world's first
global economy; world economy
world trade; global trade
critical state; criticality
world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple); romantic couple's world
to travel around the world
macrocosm; the world in the large
the objective world (as opposed to empirical observation)
microcosm; the microscopic world
paradise (mainly Buddhist); Elysium; (Budd.) Sukhavati
the world of material desires (Buddhism)
the teeming world; the world of sensual pleasures
famous throughout the world
to exceed; to overstep the limit
start frame delimiter (SFD)
graphical user interface (GUI)
military demarcation line MDL; refers to Korean demilitarized zone DMZ