The International Date Line serves as the "line of demarcation" between two consecutive calendar dates.
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Demarcation
/ˌdɛm.ɑɹˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Synonyms for "demarcation" (100 found)
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Noun(12 words)
contrastcordonscriteriondelimitationdelimitingdelineatingdelineationdelineationsdemarcation linedistinct fromdistinctiondividing line
Related words (50)
encinctureexceptionexclusionhairsplittinginadmissibilityinclusion-exclusionindividualizationindividuationinjunctionlockoutmicroscopic distinctionmodificationnarrowingnice distinctionnonadmissionnuanceomissionparticularizationpersonalizationpreclusion
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Noun(13 words)
fencesfrontierinterfacesland boundarylimitlineregional boundaryseparationstakeoutsstate bordersurface-boundarysystem boundaryterritory boundary
Adjective(1 words)
terrestrial boundary
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8 entriesacademic boundarycultural demarcationdisciplinary boundarygeographic demarcationjuridical boundarylegal demarcationlinguistic demarcationtheoretical boundary
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6 entriesadministrative demarcationboundary demarcationcultural demarcationdemarcation linegeographic demarcationlegal demarcation
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My strife for learning archaic words has no demarcation.
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They have not been able to make progress on the demarcation of the disputed border.
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About sunset, he was leaning on the remains of an old wall, which had once probably surrounded a Roman encampment, and now served as a line of demarcation between two villages, as jealous of each other's claims as near neighbours usually are.
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