Hypertext Webster Gateway: "demarcation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Demarcation \De`mar*ca"tion\, n. [F. d['e]marcation; pref.
d['e]- (L. de) + marquer to mark, of German origin. See
{Mark}.]
The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit;
separation; distinction.
The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience
ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint,
obscure, and not easily definable. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
demarcation
n 1: the boundary of a specific area [syn: {limit}, {demarcation
line}]
2: a conceptual separation or demarcation: "there is a narrow
line between sanity and insanity" [syn: {line}, {dividing
line}, {contrast}]
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