demarcation

Etymology
First recorded c.1752, from and/or, the  laid down by the Pope on May 4, 1493, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal on a line 100 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands. Both derive from, from + , from , from the same Germanic root as.

Noun

 * 1) The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.
 * 2) A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line.
 * 3) Any strictly defined separation.
 * There is an alleged, in fact somewhat artificial demarcation in the type of work done by members of different trade unions.
 * There is an alleged, in fact somewhat artificial demarcation in the type of work done by members of different trade unions.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: vymezení
 * Danish: grænsedragning, afgrænsning
 * Dutch:, demarkatie
 * Finnish: rajanveto, ;
 * French:
 * Greek:, χάραξη ορίων
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: demarkationslinje
 * Dutch:, demarkatielijn,
 * Finnish:, ; tulitaukolinja,
 * French:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: faggrænse,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Latin:
 * Swedish: