transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfrən-ˈtir, ˈfrən-ˌ, frän-ˈ, ˈfrän-ˌ ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English fronter, from Anglo-French frountere, fronter, from front
Date: 15th century
1.
a. : a border between two countries
b. obsolete : a stronghold on a frontier
2.
a. : a region that forms the margin of settled or developed territory
b. : the farthermost limits of knowledge or achievement in a particular subject
c. : a line of division between different or opposed things
the frontier s separating science and the humanities — R. W. Clark
d. : a new field for exploitative or developmental activity
• frontier adjective