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zone

/zəʊn/ /zoʊn/

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Each of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tropics), two temperate zones (between the tropics and the polar circles), and two frigid zones (within the polar circles).

Examples :

"The explorer mapped the different climate zones of the continent, noting the vegetation and wildlife unique to each. "

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Any given region or area of the world.

Examples :

"The children's play zone is located behind the school. "

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A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.

Examples :

"Files in the Internet zone are blocked by default, as a security measure."

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A band or area of growth encircling anything.

Examples :

"a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent"

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A band or stripe extending around a body.

Examples :

"The athlete's brightly colored training zone around his waist helped his teammates easily spot him on the field. "

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A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections.

Examples :

"The architect's design for the new building showed a series of zones, each with parallel walls. "

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The strike zone.

Examples :

"That pitch was low and away, just outside of the zone."

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Every of the three parts of an ice rink, divided by two blue lines.

Examples :

"Players are off side, if they enter the attacking zone before the puck."

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A semicircular area in front of each goal.

Examples :

"The soccer team practiced their penalty kicks in the zone in front of the goal. "

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A high-performance phase or period.

Examples :

"I just got in the zone late in the game: everything was going in."

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A defensive scheme where defenders guard a particular area of the court or field, as opposed to a particular opposing player.

Examples :

"The basketball team used a zone defense, so the opposing player couldn't easily get to the basket. "

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That collection of a domain's DNS resource records, the domain and its subdomains, that are not delegated to another authority.

Examples :

"The school's website zone includes all the information for the main school website and its student pages, but not the individual teacher pages, which are in a different zone. "

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(Apple computing) A logical group of network devices on AppleTalk.

Examples :

"The school's AppleTalk network is divided into different zones, each for a specific department. "

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A belt or girdle.

Examples :

"The gardener carefully trimmed the rose bushes along the outer zone of the garden. "

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The curved surface of a frustum of a sphere, the portion of surface of a sphere delimited by parallel planes.

Examples :

"The zone of the giant inflatable sphere at the children's park was partially shaded by the trees. "

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(perhaps by meronymy) A frustum of a sphere.

Examples :

"The architect measured the zone of the dome's ceiling, a portion shaped like a flattened sphere, before starting the design for the new building. "

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A circuit; a circumference.

Examples :

"The garden's outer zone is a strip of flowers surrounding the vegetables. "

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To divide into or assign sections or areas.

Examples :

"Please zone off our staging area, a section for each group."

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To define the property use classification of an area.

Examples :

"This area was zoned for industrial use."

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To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off.

Examples :

"Everyone just put their goddamn heads together and zoned. (Byron Coley, liner notes for the album "Piece for Jetsun Dolma" by Thurston Moore)"

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To girdle or encircle.

Examples :

"The construction workers zoned the building site with a protective fence. "

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