Definitions

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  • Being or lying between zones.

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  • adjective Between zones.

Etymologies

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inter- +‎ zonal

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Examples

  • There is a parallel with Bobby Fischer, who was also 19 in 1962 when he won the interzonal in style, was touted as an imminent world champion, then failed in that year's candidates and Olympiad.

    Magnus Carlsen should follow the example of Bobby Fischer in a crisis Leonard Barden 2010

  • The American commander of Berlin, has assured us that despite the fact that the delivery of goods from the Eastern zone has been suspended, despite the suspension of interzonal traffic, despite the suspension of the milk supply from the Eastern zone to infants in the Western sectors, we should not despair . . .

    Daring Young Men RICHARD REEVES 2010

  • There are many ways in which a serious proposal by the Soviet government to restore normal interzonal communications and communications with and within Berlin could be made.

    Daring Young Men RICHARD REEVES 2010

  • The Alps are an interzonal mountain system (Orobiome), or a "transition area" between Central and Mediterranean Europe, and still have large pristine areas and a high degree of naturalness.

    Alps conifer and mixed forests 2009

  • David Bronstein a very very strong Grandmaster once spent the first 30 minutes of his clock time at an interzonal deciding exactly that, whether to open e4 or d4.

    The Politics Of Mockery, Part 2: Obama Again Hits McCain Over Tire-Gauge Stunt 2009

  • The Pyrenees is an interzonal mountain system (orobiome), in effect a "transition area" between Central and Mediterranean Europe.

    Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests 2008

  • THE ASPIRING STUDENT of the German soul who steps off the interzonal train into the vibrant Berlin air possesses six of his late father’s shirts that are too short for him in the sleeve but mysteriously not in the tail, one hundred pounds sterling, and fifty-six deutschmarks that a weeping Ilse has discovered in a drawer.

    Absolute Friends Le Carre, John, 1931- 2003

  • Then he buys me a big ole breakfast at the hotel an says, "Listen, why don't you let me enter you in the interzonal championships next week in Los Angeles?

    Forrest Gump Groom, Winston, 1944- 1986

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