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DEMARCATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does demarcation mean?
• DEMARCATION (noun)
The noun DEMARCATION has 2 senses:
1. the boundary of a specific area
2. a conceptual separation or distinction
Familiarity information: DEMARCATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The boundary of a specific area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
demarcation; demarcation line; limit
Hypernyms ("demarcation" is a kind of...):
bound; boundary; bounds (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demarcation"):
edge (the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something)
city limit; city limits (the limits of the area occupied by a city or town)
upper limit (the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something)
lower limit (the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something)
three-mile limit (the limit of a nation's territorial waters)
Derivation:
demarcate (set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something)
demarcate (separate clearly, as if by boundaries)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A conceptual separation or distinction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
contrast; demarcation; dividing line; line
Context example:
there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity
Hypernyms ("demarcation" is a kind of...):
differentiation; distinction (a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demarcation"):
point of no return; Rubicon (a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment)
Derivation:
demarcate (separate clearly, as if by boundaries)
Context examples
Also, the park's land demarcation was never carried out.
(Brazilian savanna unprotected, study finds, Agência Brasil)
A finding of congenital malformations in both kidneys characterized by the presence of cysts of various sizes, primitive ducts, islands of metaplastic cartilage and undifferentiated mesenchyme, and the absence of cortico-medullary demarcation.
(Bilateral Renal Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
Well delineated demarcation and absence of lepidic growth are considered by some as indicators of a benign character.
(Adenoma of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
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