Dictionary Definition
demarcation
Noun
1 the boundary of a specific area [syn: limit, demarcation
line]
2 a conceptual separation or demarcation; "there
is a narrow line between sanity and insanity" [syn: line, dividing
line, contrast]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
- The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit; a limit; the strict separation of the type of work done by members of different trade unions.
Translations
- Danish: demarkation
- Dutch: afbakening
- Finnish: demarkaatio
- French: démarcation
- Italian: demarcazione
- Russian: демаркация (границы)
- Swedish: avgränsning
Extensive Definition
Demarcation is the act of creating a boundary
around a place or thing.
Demarcation may also refer to:
- Demarcation line, a temporary border between the countries
- Demarcation problem, the question of what theories or beliefs lie within the boundaries of science
- Demarcation dispute, may arise when two different trade unions both claim the right to represent the same class or group of workers
- Demarcation point, in telephony, the point at which the telephone company network ends and connects with the wiring at the customer premises
demarcation in Polish: Demarkacja (prawo)
demarcation in Russian: Демаркация
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
alteration, analysis, anatomization, atomization, ban, bar, barring, blockade, bounding, boycott, change, circling-in, circumscribing, circumscription,
contradistinction,
debarment, debarring, definition, delimitation, desynonymization,
determination,
differencing,
differentiation,
discrimination,
disequalization,
disjunction,
distinction,
distinctiveness,
distinguishment,
diversification,
division, embargo, encincture, exception, exclusion, hairsplitting, inadmissibility,
inclusion-exclusion, individualization,
individuation,
injunction, lockout, microscopic
distinction, modification, narrowing, nice distinction,
nonadmission,
nuance, omission, particularization,
personalization,
preclusion, prohibition, rejection, relegation, repudiation, restriction, segregation, separation, severalization, severance, shade of
difference, specialization, specification, subtle
distinction, taboo,
trichoschistism,
variation