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Zone

noun

A locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features.

Any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude. Synonym: geographical zone.

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

(anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure. Synonym: zona.

verb

Regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns. Synonym: district.

Separate or apportion into sections. Synonym: partition.

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"Zone" Quotes from Famous Books

... wind from the sea towards the land. In tropical climates (and sometimes during summer in the temperate zone) as the day advances the land becomes extremely heated by the sun, which causes an ascending current of air, and a wind from the sea rushes in to restore equilibrium. Above the sea-breeze is a counter current, which was clearly shown in Madras, where an aeronaut ...

— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth

... all people living under a torrid zone and a despotic government, are of an indolent disposition, and, it is said, require great excitement to make them work; but the real secret of their idleness is the certainty that they will not be allowed ...

— Old Jack • W.H.G. Kingston

... is that part of the transition zone comprising the greater part of New England, s. e. Ontario, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, eastern N. Dakota, n. e. S. Dakota, and the Alleghanies ...

— Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology • John. B. Smith

... rifles.—It is well known that the ordinary rifle in use until late years was the seven-grooved, with a spherical ball, and the two-grooved, with a zone bullet; the latter an invention known as the Brunswick rifle; and imported from Berlin about 1836. It was upon this weapon Mr. Lancaster proceeded to make some very ingenious experiments, widening the grooves gradually until at last they met, and an elliptic bore rifle was ...

— Lands of the Slave and the Free - Cuba, The United States, and Canada • Henry A. Murray

... Dominion, from west to east and up to the Arctic zone, wanting in wild vegetable produce fit for man's consumption. The sugar maple (Acer saccharinum) and its ally the Negundo maple provided a delicious syrup; the bark of certain poplars and the bast of the sugar pine were chewed for their well-flavoured sweetness; the wild rice of the ...

— Pioneers in Canada • Sir Harry Johnston

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