[dee-mahr-key-shuh
n] 
| 1. | the determining and marking off of the boundaries of something. |
| 2. | separation by distinct boundaries: line of demarcation. |
| de·mar·ca·tion also de·mar·ka·tion (dē'mär-kā'shən) n.
[Spanish demarcación, from demarcar, to mark boundaries : de-, off (from Latin dē-; see de-) + marcar, to mark (from Italian marcare, from Old Italian, of Germanic origin; see merg- in Indo-European roots).] |
| de·mar·ka·tion (dē'mär-kā'shən) n. Variant of demarcation. |