Noun demarcation has 2 senses
  1. limit, demarcation, demarcation line - the boundary of a specific area
    --1 is a kind of boundary, bound, bounds
    --1 has particulars:
     city limit, city limits; upper limit; lower limit; three-mile limit
    Derived forms: verb demarcate1, verb demarcate2
  2. line, dividing line, demarcation, contrast - a conceptual separation or demarcation; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
    --2 is a kind of differentiation, distinction
    --2 has particulars: Rubicon, point of no return
    Derived form: verb demarcate1
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