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Thesaurus: demarcation
The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction.
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- n. The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction.
- n. the boundary of a specific area
- n. a conceptual separation or distinction
- The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction. The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable. Burke.
- The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit;separation; distinction.The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end andresistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable.Burke.
- n:100 n the boundary of a specific area n a conceptual separation or distinction