demarcation
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See also démarcation
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First recorded c.1752, from Spanish linea de demarcacion and/or Portuguese linha de demarcaçao, 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 a verb demarcar, itself from de- + marcar 'to mark' (itself from Italian marcare, from the Germanic root of march)
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
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demarcation (plural demarcations)
- 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 alledged, in fact somewhat artificial demarcation in the type of work done by members of different trade unions.
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- demarcate (back-formation)
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act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
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thus fixed limit
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strictly defined separation
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[edit] External links
- demarcation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- demarcation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
