Associations to the word «Demarcation»

Wiktionary

DEMARCATION, noun. The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.
DEMARCATION, noun. A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line.
DEMARCATION, noun. Any strictly defined separation
DEMARCATION POTENTIAL, noun. (medicine) the electric potential arising in a muscle or nerve from trauma injury
DEMARCATION POTENTIALS, noun. Plural of demarcation potential

Dictionary definition

DEMARCATION, noun. The boundary of a specific area.
DEMARCATION, noun. A conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats