demarcation line
Territory separation marker
A demarcation line is a boundary separating distinct areas, territories, or zones.
The term often appears in military and political contexts: The demarcation line divided North and South Korea.
It can also describe any clear division between categories or concepts: There's no sharp demarcation line between work and leisure anymore.
- frontierEdge of settlement
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- territorial boundaryEdge of controlled land
- limitMaximum allowed extent
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
borderline · military zone · edge · distinction · border crossing · definition · continental divide · city limit · truce · contested · threshold · point of no return · zone · fence · divide · separation · wall · checkpoint
- bordersborder, boundary, border crossing, national borders, international borders
- boundary mapsboundary lines, political map, national boundary, national borders, political boundary
- Disputed TerritoriesKashmir, Crimea, Taiwan, Kosovo, West Bank
- France 1940Dunkirk, Ardennes, panzer, Luftwaffe, German invasion
- Korean DMZDMZ, 38th parallel, buffer zone, guard posts, checkpoints
- postwar GermanyWest Germany, East Germany, divided Germany, Iron Curtain, Federal Republic
demarcation lineopen access
Free public scholarly content
free zone · common ground · shared space · free passage · no man's land
demarcation linegrey area
Ambiguous conceptual space
gray area · spectrum · continuum · gradient · twilight zone
demarcation linebridge
Structure spanning an obstacle
link · junction · meeting point · nexus · crossroads
line, marker, marked, marking, markers, demarcation, demarcate, demarcated, demarcates