OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 9993

demarcation

/ˌdɛm.ɑːˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
demarcación
The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.
demarcación • frontera
A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line.
About sunset, he was leaning on the remains of an old wall, which had once probably surrounded a Roman encampment, and now served as a line of demarcation between two villages, as…
demarcación
Any strictly defined separation.
In the sea there is no demarcation between the hunter and the hunted, as there is on the African plains.
There is an alleged, in fact somewhat artificial demarcation in the type of work done by members of different trade unions.