demarcation
nounEtymology
First recorded c.1752, from Spanish línea de demarcación and/or Portuguese linha de demarcação, the demarcation line laid down by the Pope on May 4, 1493, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal on a line 100 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands. Both derive from demarcar, from de- + marcar (“to mark”), from Italian marcare, from the same Germanic root as march.
- derived from marcare
- derived from linha de demarcação
- derived from línea de demarcación
Definitions
The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a…
The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.
A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line.
Any strictly defined separation.
- There is an alleged, in fact somewhat artificial demarcation in the type of work done by members of different trade unions.
- In the sea there is no demarcation between the hunter and the hunted, as there is on the African plains.
The neighborhood
- neighbordemarc
- neighbordemarcation line
- neighbordemarcation potential
- neighbordemark
- neighbormarcation
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA