demarcation

Demarcation is defined as a limit or boundary, or the act of establishing a limit or boundary.

(noun)

An example of a demarcation is a city limit sign.
An example of a demarcation is drawing an out of bounds line for a baseball field.

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noun

Origin: Sp demarcación (in línea de demarcación, 1493) < de- (L de), from + marcar, to mark boundaries < Gmc *marka, a boundary, mark

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also de·mar·ka·tion

noun

Origin:

Origin: Spanish demarcación

Origin: , from demarcar, to mark boundaries

Origin: : de-, off (from Latin dē-; see de-)

Origin: + marcar, to mark (from Italian marcare, from Old Italian, of Germanic origin; see merg- in Indo-European roots)

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