Definition of demarcation in English:

demarcation

noun diːmɑːˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌdimɑrˈkeɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1The action of fixing the boundary or limits of something.
the demarcation of the maritime border
Example sentencesExamples
- The factors responsible for encroachment such as lack of political will, victimisation of forest officials, poor boundary demarcation and alienation of regularised land should be addressed.
- In addition, the recent demarcation of municipal boundaries represents an attempt to break up racially segregated lands that are vestiges of apartheid's Group Areas Act.
- The most obvious geomorphological boundary on the Earth's surface is the shoreline, a line of demarcation that divides land from water, be it of the sea, of a lake, or a lagoon.
- The Colonial treaties which are the basis of the Algiers Agreement and which should have been the key basis for the delimitation and demarcation of the boundary leave Badme inside Ethiopia.
- Occasional outbursts of violence along the demarcation line occur.
- This clear demarcation of boundaries seems to be one of the evolving characteristics of cooperation.
- Municipalities were emerging from a prolonged period of uncertainty resulting from the boundary demarcation changes implemented last year.
- In future, people will not consider the river any sort of demarcation line, which, in some people's minds, it still is.
- Dissatisfaction over demarcation of boundaries which resulted in some schools being far from district offices.
- At best, it shows lack of proper planning on the part of those responsible for managing municipal boundary demarcation.
- Technical experts on the delimitation and demarcation of the maritime boundary between Namibia and Angola finalised the treaty last year.
- A project has begun which might re-define the original demarcation line between New South Wales and Queensland.
- The mountain of trash seemed to stretch very far, then gradually without perceptible demarcation or boundary it became something else.
- The agreement, which halted hostilities along the demarcation line between two Koreas until a peaceful settlement is achieved, bans naval blockades by the warring parties.
- The line of demarcation was the colonial border between the British Solomons and German New Guinea that later became an Australian protectorate after World War I.
- The boundary line of demarcation between the groups was 19 millimeters, or 3/4 inch, with very little overlap.
- Along the police demarcation line at 14th Street, people did their best to get closer to the scene.
- During the summer of 1942, Tito's force of 4,000-5,000 fighters moved westwards along a route that followed the German - Italian demarcation line.
- The demarcation of national boundaries, in cultural terms, will be engulfed by the general fluidity of exchange between nations.
Synonyms
separation, distinction, differentiation, division
delimitation, marking off, definition
1. 1.1count noun A dividing line.
  a horizontal band that produces a distinct demarcation two inches from the top
  figurative the demarcation between teachers and learners
  Example sentencesExamples
  In terms of traditional demarcations of skilled and unskilled work, manual employment can be said to have been deskilled, as production jobs have given way to personal service employment.
  A fresh sense of moral inquisitiveness has seized the genre, and the era of the neatly solved whodunnit, with its strict demarcations between good and evil, is apparently at an end.
  Differences of age, gender, class, and ethnicity were not eliminated but remained as demarcations of identity and status.
  Various temporal demarcations appear under the form of closing periods and are crystallized in balance sheets and income statements.
  Thus, while the perceptual line of distinction remains the same for these commentators, the conceptual demarcations made verbally differ in significant ways.
  But when you look at those organisms with genetics, what you can see is that there are in fact sharp demarcations between populations from one place to the next.
  There has been friction between some obstetricians and midwives for similar reasons - the blurring of demarcation lines.
  Uniquely, all facilities are shared by staff and trainees so that no artificial lines of demarcation exist within the unit.
  He calls instead, in effect, for a return to traditional governance, with its checks and balances and its clear demarcations between officials and politicians.
  Locating more accurate demarcations between these domains can help both political spectator and participant alike to understand the subtle and routine ethical challenges of politics.
  Yet it always makes me wonder what criteria they use for drawing the line of moral demarcation.
  The line of demarcation is so thin that they merge seamlessly.
  But look a little harder and a pattern emerges, or rather, a line of demarcation.
  An aspect of that is the way she observes a line of demarcation between her private life and her public life.
  Their demarcations have been blurred by our limited perception and our limited knowledge.
  I intend my typology to serve as an intellectual tool for purposes of discussion, not to indicate absolute demarcations or a rigid classification.
  Synonyms
  boundary, border, borderline, frontier, bound, limit
  dividing line, line, divide
2. 1.2British The practice of requiring that specific jobs be assigned to members of particular trade unions.
  strikes over job demarcation
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's no longer acceptable that demarcations and disputes can stand in the way of improvements for patients.
  As I said on Saturday, shift patterns, responsibilities, work duties and demarcations were frozen in time.
  Management were concerned with the ‘complete flexibility and mobility’ of labour through a reduction in job demarcation.
  Reforming consultants' contracts so that they give the state value for money and breaking down the rigid professional demarcations that create inefficiencies in wards and clinics is a difficult business.
  The dispute that aroused the greatest passion, however, was over union demarcation and members.

Derivatives

demarcator

noun ˈdiː-

Is language or symbolic representation the crucial demarcator of the human, and what have humans sacrificed in order to acquire these virtuoso accomplishments?
Example sentencesExamples
- My father, a land demarcator with the British Colonial Government, spent many years learning English on his own until he gained an impressive command of the language.
- Finally, of course, there is a whole lot that occurs in between these great demarcators of our lives - love and death, that is - and I hope I have given some of it dramatic form here.
- Language variation plays a central role in establishing and maintaining group identity - it is one of the clearest demarcators of distinct cultures.
- Silence is essential here as a demarcator of phrases, allowing each one to hang in the air, etching its self-contained contour in time.
- The heads of council in all the 31 local government areas in the state, he said, have been informed of the arrival of the demarcators and are prepared to accommodate them.

Origin

Early 18th century: from Spanish demarcación, from demarcar 'mark the bounds of', ultimately of Germanic origin and related to mark¹. Originally used in the phrase line of demarcation (Spanish línea de demarcación, Portuguese linha de demarcação), the word denoted a line dividing the New World between the Spanish and Portuguese, laid down by the Pope in 1493.

Definition of demarcation in US English:

demarcation

nounˌdimɑrˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌdēmärˈkāSH(ə)n

1The action of fixing the boundary or limits of something.
the demarcation of the maritime border
Example sentencesExamples
- Municipalities were emerging from a prolonged period of uncertainty resulting from the boundary demarcation changes implemented last year.
- This clear demarcation of boundaries seems to be one of the evolving characteristics of cooperation.
- A project has begun which might re-define the original demarcation line between New South Wales and Queensland.
- The line of demarcation was the colonial border between the British Solomons and German New Guinea that later became an Australian protectorate after World War I.
- The most obvious geomorphological boundary on the Earth's surface is the shoreline, a line of demarcation that divides land from water, be it of the sea, of a lake, or a lagoon.
- The mountain of trash seemed to stretch very far, then gradually without perceptible demarcation or boundary it became something else.
- The boundary line of demarcation between the groups was 19 millimeters, or 3/4 inch, with very little overlap.
- The factors responsible for encroachment such as lack of political will, victimisation of forest officials, poor boundary demarcation and alienation of regularised land should be addressed.
- Along the police demarcation line at 14th Street, people did their best to get closer to the scene.
- In addition, the recent demarcation of municipal boundaries represents an attempt to break up racially segregated lands that are vestiges of apartheid's Group Areas Act.
- The demarcation of national boundaries, in cultural terms, will be engulfed by the general fluidity of exchange between nations.
- At best, it shows lack of proper planning on the part of those responsible for managing municipal boundary demarcation.
- In future, people will not consider the river any sort of demarcation line, which, in some people's minds, it still is.
- The agreement, which halted hostilities along the demarcation line between two Koreas until a peaceful settlement is achieved, bans naval blockades by the warring parties.
- Dissatisfaction over demarcation of boundaries which resulted in some schools being far from district offices.
- During the summer of 1942, Tito's force of 4,000-5,000 fighters moved westwards along a route that followed the German - Italian demarcation line.
- Occasional outbursts of violence along the demarcation line occur.
- The Colonial treaties which are the basis of the Algiers Agreement and which should have been the key basis for the delimitation and demarcation of the boundary leave Badme inside Ethiopia.
- Technical experts on the delimitation and demarcation of the maritime boundary between Namibia and Angola finalised the treaty last year.
Synonyms
separation, distinction, differentiation, division
1. 1.1 A dividing line.
  a horizontal band that produces a distinct demarcation two inches from the top
  Example sentencesExamples
  Various temporal demarcations appear under the form of closing periods and are crystallized in balance sheets and income statements.
  Their demarcations have been blurred by our limited perception and our limited knowledge.
  There has been friction between some obstetricians and midwives for similar reasons - the blurring of demarcation lines.
  Uniquely, all facilities are shared by staff and trainees so that no artificial lines of demarcation exist within the unit.
  Thus, while the perceptual line of distinction remains the same for these commentators, the conceptual demarcations made verbally differ in significant ways.
  Differences of age, gender, class, and ethnicity were not eliminated but remained as demarcations of identity and status.
  Locating more accurate demarcations between these domains can help both political spectator and participant alike to understand the subtle and routine ethical challenges of politics.
  The line of demarcation is so thin that they merge seamlessly.
  He calls instead, in effect, for a return to traditional governance, with its checks and balances and its clear demarcations between officials and politicians.
  But when you look at those organisms with genetics, what you can see is that there are in fact sharp demarcations between populations from one place to the next.
  Yet it always makes me wonder what criteria they use for drawing the line of moral demarcation.
  But look a little harder and a pattern emerges, or rather, a line of demarcation.
  An aspect of that is the way she observes a line of demarcation between her private life and her public life.
  In terms of traditional demarcations of skilled and unskilled work, manual employment can be said to have been deskilled, as production jobs have given way to personal service employment.
  I intend my typology to serve as an intellectual tool for purposes of discussion, not to indicate absolute demarcations or a rigid classification.
  A fresh sense of moral inquisitiveness has seized the genre, and the era of the neatly solved whodunnit, with its strict demarcations between good and evil, is apparently at an end.
  Synonyms
  boundary, border, borderline, frontier, bound, limit

Origin

Early 18th century: from Spanish demarcación, from demarcar ‘mark the bounds of’, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to mark. Originally used in the phrase line of demarcation ( Spanish línea de demarcación, Portuguese linha de demarcação), the word denoted a line dividing the New World between the Spanish and Portuguese, laid down by the Pope in 1493.

单词	demarcation
释义	Definition of demarcation in English: demarcation noun diːmɑːˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌdimɑrˈkeɪʃ(ə)n mass noun 1The action of fixing the boundary or limits of something. the demarcation of the maritime border Example sentencesExamples The factors responsible for encroachment such as lack of political will, victimisation of forest officials, poor boundary demarcation and alienation of regularised land should be addressed. In addition, the recent demarcation of municipal boundaries represents an attempt to break up racially segregated lands that are vestiges of apartheid's Group Areas Act. The most obvious geomorphological boundary on the Earth's surface is the shoreline, a line of demarcation that divides land from water, be it of the sea, of a lake, or a lagoon. The Colonial treaties which are the basis of the Algiers Agreement and which should have been the key basis for the delimitation and demarcation of the boundary leave Badme inside Ethiopia. Occasional outbursts of violence along the demarcation line occur. This clear demarcation of boundaries seems to be one of the evolving characteristics of cooperation. Municipalities were emerging from a prolonged period of uncertainty resulting from the boundary demarcation changes implemented last year. In future, people will not consider the river any sort of demarcation line, which, in some people's minds, it still is. Dissatisfaction over demarcation of boundaries which resulted in some schools being far from district offices. At best, it shows lack of proper planning on the part of those responsible for managing municipal boundary demarcation. Technical experts on the delimitation and demarcation of the maritime boundary between Namibia and Angola finalised the treaty last year. A project has begun which might re-define the original demarcation line between New South Wales and Queensland. The mountain of trash seemed to stretch very far, then gradually without perceptible demarcation or boundary it became something else. The agreement, which halted hostilities along the demarcation line between two Koreas until a peaceful settlement is achieved, bans naval blockades by the warring parties. The line of demarcation was the colonial border between the British Solomons and German New Guinea that later became an Australian protectorate after World War I. The boundary line of demarcation between the groups was 19 millimeters, or 3/4 inch, with very little overlap. Along the police demarcation line at 14th Street, people did their best to get closer to the scene. During the summer of 1942, Tito's force of 4,000-5,000 fighters moved westwards along a route that followed the German - Italian demarcation line. The demarcation of national boundaries, in cultural terms, will be engulfed by the general fluidity of exchange between nations. Synonyms separation, distinction, differentiation, division delimitation, marking off, definition 1.1count noun A dividing line. a horizontal band that produces a distinct demarcation two inches from the top figurative the demarcation between teachers and learners Example sentencesExamples In terms of traditional demarcations of skilled and unskilled work, manual employment can be said to have been deskilled, as production jobs have given way to personal service employment. A fresh sense of moral inquisitiveness has seized the genre, and the era of the neatly solved whodunnit, with its strict demarcations between good and evil, is apparently at an end. Differences of age, gender, class, and ethnicity were not eliminated but remained as demarcations of identity and status. Various temporal demarcations appear under the form of closing periods and are crystallized in balance sheets and income statements. Thus, while the perceptual line of distinction remains the same for these commentators, the conceptual demarcations made verbally differ in significant ways. But when you look at those organisms with genetics, what you can see is that there are in fact sharp demarcations between populations from one place to the next. There has been friction between some obstetricians and midwives for similar reasons - the blurring of demarcation lines. Uniquely, all facilities are shared by staff and trainees so that no artificial lines of demarcation exist within the unit. He calls instead, in effect, for a return to traditional governance, with its checks and balances and its clear demarcations between officials and politicians. Locating more accurate demarcations between these domains can help both political spectator and participant alike to understand the subtle and routine ethical challenges of politics. Yet it always makes me wonder what criteria they use for drawing the line of moral demarcation. The line of demarcation is so thin that they merge seamlessly. But look a little harder and a pattern emerges, or rather, a line of demarcation. An aspect of that is the way she observes a line of demarcation between her private life and her public life. Their demarcations have been blurred by our limited perception and our limited knowledge. I intend my typology to serve as an intellectual tool for purposes of discussion, not to indicate absolute demarcations or a rigid classification. Synonyms boundary, border, borderline, frontier, bound, limit dividing line, line, divide 1.2British The practice of requiring that specific jobs be assigned to members of particular trade unions. strikes over job demarcation Example sentencesExamples It's no longer acceptable that demarcations and disputes can stand in the way of improvements for patients. As I said on Saturday, shift patterns, responsibilities, work duties and demarcations were frozen in time. Management were concerned with the ‘complete flexibility and mobility’ of labour through a reduction in job demarcation. Reforming consultants' contracts so that they give the state value for money and breaking down the rigid professional demarcations that create inefficiencies in wards and clinics is a difficult business. The dispute that aroused the greatest passion, however, was over union demarcation and members. Derivatives demarcator noun ˈdiː- Is language or symbolic representation the crucial demarcator of the human, and what have humans sacrificed in order to acquire these virtuoso accomplishments? Example sentencesExamples My father, a land demarcator with the British Colonial Government, spent many years learning English on his own until he gained an impressive command of the language. Finally, of course, there is a whole lot that occurs in between these great demarcators of our lives - love and death, that is - and I hope I have given some of it dramatic form here. Language variation plays a central role in establishing and maintaining group identity - it is one of the clearest demarcators of distinct cultures. Silence is essential here as a demarcator of phrases, allowing each one to hang in the air, etching its self-contained contour in time. The heads of council in all the 31 local government areas in the state, he said, have been informed of the arrival of the demarcators and are prepared to accommodate them. Origin Early 18th century: from Spanish demarcación, from demarcar 'mark the bounds of', ultimately of Germanic origin and related to mark¹. Originally used in the phrase line of demarcation (Spanish línea de demarcación, Portuguese linha de demarcação), the word denoted a line dividing the New World between the Spanish and Portuguese, laid down by the Pope in 1493. Definition of demarcation in US English: demarcation nounˌdimɑrˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌdēmärˈkāSH(ə)n 1The action of fixing the boundary or limits of something. the demarcation of the maritime border Example sentencesExamples Municipalities were emerging from a prolonged period of uncertainty resulting from the boundary demarcation changes implemented last year. This clear demarcation of boundaries seems to be one of the evolving characteristics of cooperation. A project has begun which might re-define the original demarcation line between New South Wales and Queensland. The line of demarcation was the colonial border between the British Solomons and German New Guinea that later became an Australian protectorate after World War I. The most obvious geomorphological boundary on the Earth's surface is the shoreline, a line of demarcation that divides land from water, be it of the sea, of a lake, or a lagoon. The mountain of trash seemed to stretch very far, then gradually without perceptible demarcation or boundary it became something else. The boundary line of demarcation between the groups was 19 millimeters, or 3/4 inch, with very little overlap. The factors responsible for encroachment such as lack of political will, victimisation of forest officials, poor boundary demarcation and alienation of regularised land should be addressed. Along the police demarcation line at 14th Street, people did their best to get closer to the scene. In addition, the recent demarcation of municipal boundaries represents an attempt to break up racially segregated lands that are vestiges of apartheid's Group Areas Act. The demarcation of national boundaries, in cultural terms, will be engulfed by the general fluidity of exchange between nations. At best, it shows lack of proper planning on the part of those responsible for managing municipal boundary demarcation. In future, people will not consider the river any sort of demarcation line, which, in some people's minds, it still is. The agreement, which halted hostilities along the demarcation line between two Koreas until a peaceful settlement is achieved, bans naval blockades by the warring parties. Dissatisfaction over demarcation of boundaries which resulted in some schools being far from district offices. During the summer of 1942, Tito's force of 4,000-5,000 fighters moved westwards along a route that followed the German - Italian demarcation line. Occasional outbursts of violence along the demarcation line occur. The Colonial treaties which are the basis of the Algiers Agreement and which should have been the key basis for the delimitation and demarcation of the boundary leave Badme inside Ethiopia. Technical experts on the delimitation and demarcation of the maritime boundary between Namibia and Angola finalised the treaty last year. Synonyms separation, distinction, differentiation, division 1.1 A dividing line. a horizontal band that produces a distinct demarcation two inches from the top Example sentencesExamples Various temporal demarcations appear under the form of closing periods and are crystallized in balance sheets and income statements. Their demarcations have been blurred by our limited perception and our limited knowledge. There has been friction between some obstetricians and midwives for similar reasons - the blurring of demarcation lines. Uniquely, all facilities are shared by staff and trainees so that no artificial lines of demarcation exist within the unit. Thus, while the perceptual line of distinction remains the same for these commentators, the conceptual demarcations made verbally differ in significant ways. Differences of age, gender, class, and ethnicity were not eliminated but remained as demarcations of identity and status. Locating more accurate demarcations between these domains can help both political spectator and participant alike to understand the subtle and routine ethical challenges of politics. The line of demarcation is so thin that they merge seamlessly. He calls instead, in effect, for a return to traditional governance, with its checks and balances and its clear demarcations between officials and politicians. But when you look at those organisms with genetics, what you can see is that there are in fact sharp demarcations between populations from one place to the next. Yet it always makes me wonder what criteria they use for drawing the line of moral demarcation. But look a little harder and a pattern emerges, or rather, a line of demarcation. An aspect of that is the way she observes a line of demarcation between her private life and her public life. In terms of traditional demarcations of skilled and unskilled work, manual employment can be said to have been deskilled, as production jobs have given way to personal service employment. I intend my typology to serve as an intellectual tool for purposes of discussion, not to indicate absolute demarcations or a rigid classification. A fresh sense of moral inquisitiveness has seized the genre, and the era of the neatly solved whodunnit, with its strict demarcations between good and evil, is apparently at an end. Synonyms boundary, border, borderline, frontier, bound, limit Origin Early 18th century: from Spanish demarcación, from demarcar ‘mark the bounds of’, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to mark. Originally used in the phrase line of demarcation ( Spanish línea de demarcación, Portuguese linha de demarcação), the word denoted a line dividing the New World between the Spanish and Portuguese, laid down by the Pope in 1493.
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