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ZoneZone one (z[=o]n), n. [F. zone, L. zona, Gr. zw`nh; akin to
zwnny`nai to gird, Lith. j[*u]sta a girdle, j[*u]sti to gird,
Zend y[=a]h.]
1. A girdle; a cincture. [Poetic]
An embroidered zone surrounds her waist. --Dryden.
Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound.
--Collins.
2. (Geog.) One of the five great divisions of the earth, with
respect to latitude and temperature.
Note: 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. (Math.) 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. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.)
4. (Nat. Hist.)
(a) A band or stripe extending around a body.
(b) 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. (Crystallog.) A series of planes having mutually parallel
intersections.
6. Circuit; circumference. [R.] --Milton.
Abyssal zone. (Phys. Geog.) See under Abyssal.
Zone axis (Crystallog.), a straight line passing through
the center of a crystal, to which all the planes of a
given zone are parallel. Zone
Zone one, v. t.
To girdle; to encircle. [R.] --Keats.
Zone
Zone one, n.
1. (Biogeography) 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.
Note: The zones, or life zones, commonly recognized for North
America are Arctic, Hudsonian, Canadian, Transition,
Upper Austral, Lower Austral, and Tropical.
2. (Cryst.) A series of faces whose intersection lines with
each other are parallel.
3. (Railroad Econ.)
(a) The aggregate of stations, in whatsoever direction or
on whatsoever line of railroad, situated between
certain maximum and minimum limits from a point at
which a shipment of traffic originates.
(b) Any circular or ring-shaped area within which the
street-car companies make no differences of fare.
4. In the United States parcel-post system, any of the areas
about any point of shipment for which but one rate of
postage is charged for a parcel post shipment from that
point. The rate increases from within outwards. The first
zone includes the unit of area ``(a quadrangle 30 minutes
square)' in which the place of shipment is situated and
the 8 contiguous units; the outer limits of the second to
the seventh zones, respectively, are approximately 150,
300, 600, 1000, 1400, and 1800 miles from the point of
shipment; the eighth zone includes all units of area
outside the seventh zone.
Meaning of Zone from wikipedia
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Zone,
Zones or The
Zone may
refer to:
Zone, any of the
divisions of
France during the...
- A time
zone is an area
which observes a
uniform standard time for legal,
commercial and
social purposes. Time
zones tend to
follow the
boundaries between...
- A
hardiness zone is a
geographic area
defined as
having a
certain average annual minimum temperature, a
factor relevant to the
survival of many plants...
- In the
Zone is the
fourth studio album by
American singer Britney Spears. It was
released on
November 15, 2003, by Jive Records.
Spears began writing songs...
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Pacific Time
Zone (PT) is a time
zone encomp****ing
parts of
western Canada, the
western United States, and
western Mexico.
Places in this
zone observe standard...
- The
Eastern Time
Zone (ET) is a time
zone encomp****ing part or all of 23
states in the
eastern part of the
United States,
parts of
eastern Canada, and...
- An
erogenous zone (from Gr**** ἔρως, érōs "love"; and
English -genous "producing", from Gr**** -γενής, -genḗs "born") is an area of the
human body that has...
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Zones 3 and 4 use
sixteen two-digit
codes (30–34, 36, 39–41, 43–49) and four sets of three-digit
codes (35x, 37x, 38x, 42x) to
serve Europe.
Zone 5...
- Time
Zone (CT) is a time
zone in
parts of Canada, the
United States, Mexico,
Central America, and a few
Caribbean islands. In
parts of that
zone (20 states...
- A blue
zone is a
region in the
world where people are
claimed to have
exceptionally long
lives beyond the age of 80 due to a
lifestyle combining physical...
