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Definition of: demarcation

(dē′mär·kāshən) noun
1. The fixing of boundaries or limits.
2. Limitation; discrimination.
3. The limit or line fixed. Also demar·ka′tion.
—Line of Demarcation
The line established, chiefly in modern Brazil, by Pope Alexander VI in 1493 to prevent disputes between Spain and Portugal in regard to their discoveries in the New World.
[<Sp. demarcación <demarcar <de- down (<L de-) + marcar mark a boundary <Gmc.]

Most often used phrases:

demarcation line
demarcation point
border demarcation
demarcation problem
clear demarcation
military demarcation
demarcation lines
boundary demarcation
armistice demarcation
municipal demarcation
demarcation board
new demarcation
territorial demarcation
demarcation dispute
demarcation commission

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"demarcation" has the frequency of use of 0.0001% on city-data.com forum

"demarcation" has the frequency of use of 0.0001% on en.wikipedia.org.

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