Zone
[zəʊn] or [zon]
Definition
(noun.) (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure.
(noun.) an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic.
(noun.) any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude.
(noun.) a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features.
(verb.) regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns.
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Definition
(n.) A girdle; a cincture.
(n.) One of the five great divisions of the earth, with respect to latitude and temperature.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A band or stripe extending around a body.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections.
(n.) Circuit; circumference.
(v. t.) To girdle; to encircle.
Editor: Zeke
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. [Poetical.] Belt, girdle, cincture, girth, baldric, band.[2]. Region, clime, climate.
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Definition
n. a girdle a belt a stripe of different colour or substance round anything: one of the five great belts into which the surface of the earth is divided: any continuous tract with particular characteristics.—v.t. to encircle as with a zone.—n. Zō′na a term in anatomy &c. for a belt: herpes zoster.—adjs. Zō′nal like a zone arranged in zones: pertaining to the somites of an articulate or annulose animal; Zō′nary resembling a belt or girdle; Zō′nate marked with zones belted; Zoned wearing a zone having zones; Zone′less wanting a zone or belt.—n. Zō′nic a girdle.—adjs. Zonif′erous zoned; Zō′noid like a zone.—n. Zō′nula a small zone.—adj. Zō′nular like a zone or zonule.—ns. Zon′ule Zon′ulet a little girdle.
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Examples
- Special provision was also made for injecting streams of pulverized coal in such manner as to create the largely extended zone of combustion. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Hence the cold air on the tops of mountains, and snow on some of them all the year, even in the torrid zone. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The Grecian Zone extended from Caria to the Bosphorus, and followed the coast as far as Sinope on the Black Sea, where it gradually faded away. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Transmission over the Zone is effected through four substations and a connecting high voltage transmission line which follows the main line of the Panama Railroad. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nevertheless the twilight zone of inquiry, of thinking, exists. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This was a strange and mysterious war zone but I supposed it was quite well run and grim compared to other wars with the Austrians. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Later he learned to spin and weave; next to food and drink, clothing became a fundamental necessity, for without it his life could not extend outside of the limited zone of the tropics. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Municipal improvements were undertaken in Panama and Colon and the various settlements in the Canal Zone, such as the construction of reservoirs, pavements and a system of modern roads. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Gerald leaned near to her, into her zone of light, as if to see. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Did ye come fro' th' Antarctic Zone, maister? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The first and greatest problem attempted by the United States was to make the Canal Zone healthful. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Under her breast I see her zone, purple like that horizon; through its blush shines the star of evening. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Later on a treaty was made with the Republic of Panama whereby the United States was granted control of a ten-mile strip constituting the Canal Zone. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- From the cooling and cont racting masses that were to constitute the planets smaller zones and rings were formed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The poles unite, the zones agree, The tongues of striving cease; As on the Sea of Galilee, The Christ is whispering, Peace! Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Glaciers exist in all zones in which mountains rise above the snow-line, that is, the height where it is so cold that there is always snow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The temperate and torrid zones of the world are ransacked in order to secure the wood, the minerals and the animal substances, all of which are necessary to provide the means of play. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In this circulating vaporous disk about the sun differences of density give rise to zones not unlike the rings of Saturn. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In the case of Sa turn there was such regularity in the rings that the annular form was maintained; as a rule from the zones abandon ed by the planet-mass satellites resulted. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Editor: Ramon