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Definition of Zone

1. Noun. A locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features.

2. Verb. Regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns.

3. Noun. Any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude.

4. Verb. Separate or apportion into sections. "Partition a room off"

5. Noun. An area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic.

6. Noun. (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure.

Definition of Zone

1. n. A girdle; a cincture.

2. v. t. To girdle; to encircle.

3. n. An area or part of a region characterized by uniform or similar animal and plant life; a life zone; as, Littoral zone, Austral zone, etc.

4. n. A girdle; a cincture.

5. v. t. To girdle; to encircle.

6. n. An area or part of a region characterized by uniform or similar animal and plant life; a life zone; as, Littoral zone, Austral zone, etc.

Definition of Zone

1. Noun. (context: geography now rare) 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). ¹

2. Noun. Any given region or area of the world. ¹

3. Noun. A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc. ¹

4. Noun. (baseball) Short for the strike zone. ¹

5. Noun. (chiefly sports) A high performance phase or period. ¹

6. Noun. (networking) That collection of a domain's DNS resource records, the domain and its subdomains, that are not delegated to another authority. ¹

7. Noun. (context: Apple computing) A logical group of network devices on AppleTalk. ¹

8. Noun. (context: now literary) A belt or girdle. ¹

9. Noun. (geometry) The frustum of a sphere. ¹

10. Verb. To divide into or assign sections or areas. ¹

11. Verb. To define the property use classification of an area. ¹

12. Verb. To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off. ¹

13. Verb. To girdle or encircle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Zone

1. to arrange in zones (areas distinguished from other adjacent areas) [v ZONED, ZONING, ZONES]

Medical Definition of Zone

1. 1. A girdle; a cincture. "An embroidered zone surrounds her waist." (Dryden) "Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound." (Collins) 2. One of the five great divisions of the earth, with respect to latitude and temperature. The zones are five: the torrid zone, extending from tropic to tropic 46 deg 56 min, or 23 deg 28 min on each side of the equator; two temperate or variable zones, situated between the tropics and the polar circles; and two frigid zones, situated between the polar circles and the poles. "Commerce . . . Defies every wind, outrides every tempest, and invades." (Bancroft) 3. The portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes; the portion of a surface of revolution included between two planes perpendicular to the axis. 4. A band or stripe extending around a body. A band or area of growth encircling anything; as, a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent; the Alpine zone, that part of mountains which is above the limit of tree growth. 5. A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections. 6. Circuit; circumference. Abyssal zone. To girdle; to encircle. A straight line passing through the center of a crystal, to which all the planes of a given zone are parallel. Origin: F. Zone, L. Zona, Gr.; akin to to gird, Lith. Jsta to gird, Zend yah. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Zone

zonal necrosis zonal pelargonium zonal wind zonalities zonality zonally zonaria zonary zonary placenta zonate

zonated zonation zonations zonda zondas zone (current term) zone-tailed hawk zone-tailed hawks zone centrifugation zone defense

zone defenses zone electrophoresis zone fire zone melting zone of action zone of avoidance zone of fire zone of inhibition zone of interior zone of optimal proportion

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