demarcation
11demarcation — ► NOUN 1) the action of fixing boundaries or limits. 2) a dividing line. ORIGIN Spanish demarcación, originally used with reference to the line dividing the New World between the Spanish and Portuguese, laid down by the Pope in 1493 …
12demarcation — [dē΄mär kā′shən] n. [Sp demarcación (in línea de demarcación, 1493) < de (L de), from + marcar, to mark boundaries < Gmc * marka, a boundary, MARK1] 1. the act of setting and marking limits or boundaries 2. a limit or boundary 3. a… …
13DÉMARCATION — s. f. Action de marquer, de délimiter. Il ne s emploie guère que dans cette phrase, Ligne de démarcation, La ligne tracée sur la mappemonde, en 1493, par le pape Alexandre VI, qui, de son autorité pontificale, donnait aux Espagnols les terres qu… …
14démarcation — (dé mar ka sion ; en poésie, de cinq syllabes) s. f. 1° Action de marquer, de limiter. • Le prétexte politique de cette espèce d insurrection sacerdotale, c est, messieurs, que la même puissance qui a changé l ancienne distribution du royaume …
15Demarcation — A setting of limits; a boundary; marking the limits of, delimiting; setting apart, separating. The word demarcation is used in medicine mainly in the sense of determining and marking off boundaries. For example, the surface demarcation in respect …
16demarcation — n. a demarcation between (lines of demarcation between the two zones) * * * [ˌdiːmɑː keɪʃ(ə)n] a demarcation between (lines of demarcation between the two zones) …
17demarcation — de|mar|ca|tion [ˌdi:ma:ˈkeıʃən US a:r ] n [U] formal [Date: 1700 1800; : Spanish; Origin: demarcación, from marcar to mark ] 1.) the point at which one area of work, responsibility etc ends and another begins demarcation between ▪ traditional… …
18DÉMARCATION — n. f. Action de marquer, de délimiter. Il s’emploie surtout dans l’expression Ligne de démarcation, Toute ligne tracée sur une carte, etc., pour marquer les limites de deux territoires, de deux propriétés. Fig., Tracer une ligne de démarcation… …
19demarcation — noun a) The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire. There is an alleged, in fact somewhat artificial demarcation in the type of work done by members of different trade unions. b) A… …
20demarcation — [[t]di͟ːmɑː(r)ke͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N n Demarcation is the establishment of boundaries or limits separating two areas, groups, or things. [FORMAL] ...the demarcation line between Indian and Pakistani Kashmir... Talks were continuing about …
