zone

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  1. noun An area or a region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic.
  2. noun Any of the five regions of the surface of the earth that are loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude, including the Torrid Zone, the North and South Temperate zones, and the North and South Frigid zones.
  3. noun A similar division on any other planet.
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  • While the zone was the main reason Pitt turned the tables on the Scarlet Knights, another big factor was bench play. —  post-gazette.com - News
  • In the northern quadrant of this zone is the critical Swat Valley region, the focal point of the ongoing military offensive. —  Signs of the Times
  • But the zone is a percentage defense -- it tries to force you into low-percentage shots farther away from the basket. —  A Sea Of Blue
  • Battlefield Objectives will also buff players in the zone, and the players who have captured a Keep or Battlefield Objective will also see a doubling in the amount of Renown gained when the zone is captured. —  WarCry Network : Latest News
  • But now that the zone is all that remains of rebel territory, the focus turns to what will happen to civilians who fled there in hopes of reaching safety but now find themselves caught in what the military says will be the Tamil Tigers 'last stand in a civil war that has spanned —  Ledger-Enquirer: Breaking News
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area ·  unit ·  region ·  location ·  environment ·  range ·  component ·  circuit ·  code ·  section ·  target ·  network

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zone:   zones
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  1. Middle English, one of the encircling regions of the earth, from Latin zōna, girdle, celestial zone, from Greek zōnē.

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  1. from French zone, from Spanish Portuguese Italian zona, from Latin zona, from Greek ζώνη, a girdle, belt, one of the zones of the sphere, from ζωννύναι, gird.
  2. from zone, n.
 

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