The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
démarcation — [ demarkasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1700; p. ê. esp. demarcacion, de demarcar « marquer » → démarquer 1 ♦ Action de limiter; ce qui limite. ⇒ délimitation, frontière, limitation, séparation. « ne pas reconnaître de frontière fixe, de démarcation absolue,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
demarcation — de‧mar‧ca‧tion [ˌdiːmɑːˈkeɪʆn ǁ ɑːr ] noun [uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES when different jobs are given to workers belonging to different trade unions: demarcation between • The company is trying to break down the lines of demarcation between… … Financial and business terms
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… … Wikipedia
demarcation — DEMARCATION. s. f. Ce mot s est dit originairement De la ligne qui fut tirée sur la Mappemonde pour séparer les possessions Espagnoles hors de l Europe des possessions Portugaises. Ligne de démarcation. [b]f♛/b] Il se dit en général au propre, De … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
Demarcation — (v. fr.), Abgrenzung; daher Demarcationslinie, 1) Linie, welche zwei im Waffenstillstand od. im Frieden in der Besetzung eines Gebietes eines Dritten begriffene Armeen vermöge Verträge von einander trennt. Meist folgt sie, so weit als möglich,… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Demarcation — Demarcation, Abgränzung, Gränzbestimmung. Von den D.slinien sind die bedeutendsten: die Alexanders VI., durch welche Spaniern und Portugiesen für ihre Entdeckungen od. Eroberungen die Gränzlinie gezogen wurde (15. Jahrh.); die preuß. von 1795,… … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
demarcation — index definition, discrimination (differentiation), limitation, outline (boundary), periphery, restriction … Law dictionary
demarcation — c.1752, from Sp. linea de demarcacion or Port. linha de demarcaçao, name of the line laid down by Pope Alexander VI, May 4, 1493, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal on a line 100 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands. Applied from … Etymology dictionary
demarcation — [n] boundary, division bound, confine, delimitation, differentiation, distinction, enclosure, limit, margin, separation, split, terminus; concept 745 … New thesaurus
demarcation — ► NOUN 1) the action of fixing boundaries or limits. 2) a dividing line. ORIGIN Spanish demarcación, originally used with reference to the line dividing the New World between the Spanish and Portuguese, laid down by the Pope in 1493 … English terms dictionary
