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demarcatable

demarcatable adjective: able to be demarcated.

Adjective

demarcatable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be demarcated.
    • Land, it is said, unlike air or flowing water, is not a wandering thing, and is by its nature demarcatable and divisible;1890, K[ishore] M[ohan] Chatterjea, “Lecture VI. Title, or Cause of Acquisition.”, in The Law Relating to the Transfer of Immoveable Property, Inter Vivos. With an Appendix Containing the Transfer of...
    • Bastards catch, reflect and secure the “sympathy of crowds” quicker than any other class of human beings demarcatable as a class.1900, The Alienist and Neurologist, page 670

Examples of demarcatable in a sentence

  • One hundred and fifty years ago there were no Forest Departments in Europe, and most of the forests were in worse order than the present demarcatable forest of New Zealand to-day.1918, Transactions of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, pages 92–93:
  • Smith’s book is of decisive importance because what it seeks to show is that the concept of “religion” as a demarcatable system of doctrines-scriptures-beliefs,[…].1999, David Scott, “Religion in Colonial Civil Society”, in Refashioning Futures: Criticism After Postcoloniality, Princeton, N.J....

Origin of demarcatable

From demarcate + -able.

Questions about demarcatable

What does demarcatable mean?
Demarcatable means able to be demarcated.
How do you use demarcatable in a sentence?
One hundred and fifty years ago there were no Forest Departments in Europe, and most of the forests were in worse order than the present demarcatable forest of New Zealand to-day.
What part of speech is demarcatable?
Demarcatable is an adjective.

Words near demarcatable in the dictionary

  1. Demaray
  2. Demarays
  3. demarc
  4. demarc extension
  5. demarc extensions
  6. demarcatable
  7. demarcate
  8. demarcated
  9. demarcates
  10. demarcating
  11. demarcation

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