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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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zone / zōn/ • n. 1. an area or stretch of land having a particular characteristic, purpose, or use, or subject to particular restrictions: a pedestrian zone. ∎ Geog. a well-defined region extending around the earth between definite limits, esp. between two parallels of latitude. See also frigid zone, temperate zone, torrid zone. ∎ (also time zone) a range of longitudes where a common standard time is used. ∎ Sports in basketball, football, and hockey, a specific area of the court, field, or rink, esp. one to be defended by a particular player, or the mode of defensive play using this system.See zone defense below. ∎ a specific region or area within which uniform rates are charged for transportation, parcel post delivery, or other service. ∎ (in full postal zone) formerly, any of the numbered areas into which a large city or metropolitan area was divided for facilitating mail delivery. ∎ chiefly Bot. & Zool. an encircling band or stripe of distinctive color, texture, or character.
2. Math. an area between two exact or approximate concentric circles. ∎ a part of the surface of a sphere enclosed between two parallel planes, or of a cone or cylinder, etc., between such planes cutting it perpendicularly to the axis.
3. Geol. Paleontology a range between specified limits of depth, height, etc., esp. a section of strata distinguished by characteristic fossils.
• v. [tr.] 1. divide into or assign to zones, in particular: ∎ [often as n.] (zoning) divide (a town or stretch of land) into areas subject to particular planning restrictions: an experimental system of zoning. ∎ designate (a specific area) for use or development in such a manner: the land is zoned for housing.
2. archaic encircle as or with a band or stripe.
PHRASES: zone defense Sports in basketball, football, and hockey, a system of defensive play in which each player guards an allotted area of the field of play and an opponent only when the opponent is in his area.PHRASAL VERBS: zone out inf. fall asleep or lose concentration or consciousness: I just zoned out for a moment.DERIVATIVES: zon·al / ˈzōnl/ adj.zon·al·ly / ˈzōnl-ē/ adv.ORIGIN: late Middle English: from French, or from Latin zona ‘girdle,’ from Greek zōnē.
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Zone bond rules help, but lawyers say more needed. (IRS enterprise zone bond rules)
Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer; 1/27/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...governing enterprise zone bonds are workable...law that created the zones must be clarified...needed. The enterprise zone bond rules are designed...for 104 enterprise zones, comprising nine...announced its enterprise zone selections. The nine empowerment zones selections. The nine...
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Sport: South Zone won Boys, Central Zone gained Girls General Trophy in 4th Annual TEVTA Sports 2007-2008.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 3/9/2008; 652 words
; LAHORE, March 08 (PPI) : South Zone after getting 35 points won the general trophy of boys and Central Zone after obtaining 38 points gained general...conclusion of 4th Annual TEVTA Sports. North Zone received runner-up trophy in boys events...
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Zones(TM) Announces E*TRADE Marketing Alliance.
PR Newswire; 7/9/1999; 700+ words
; ...of several million monthly PC Zone, Zones Business Solutions and Mac Zone catalogs and in ads in selected...and government markets through Zones Business Solutions. Products...s flagship catalogs The PC Zone and The Mac Zone. The Company...
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Zones Announces up to $100,000 in Daily Rebates.
PR Newswire; 5/20/1999; 700+ words
; ...through its online store, Zones.com, and its flagship brands: The PC Zone(R) and The Mac Zone(R), with products from...Packard and Compaq. The PC Zone(R) was given a "Best...government markets through Zones Business Solutions. The...
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Zones(TM) Selected as an Amazon.com Auctions Charter Merchant.
PR Newswire; 3/30/1999; 700+ words
; ...education and government markets through Zones Business Solutions. Products are also...Company's flagship catalogs The PC Zone and The Mac Zone. The Company was...or catalogs can be received at www.zones.com or by calling 800-258-2088...
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Zones, Inc. to Be Acquired in Going Private Transaction for $8.65 per Share in Cash.
News Wire article from: Internet Wire; 7/31/2008; 700+ words
; ...Jul 31, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Zones, Inc. (the "Company," "Zones"(TM)) (NASDAQ: ZONS) announced today that...a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Zones's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Firoz...
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Revitalization zone plan wins lukewarm reception; part of the problem is no one knows about the scheme. (Los Angeles, California)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 1/25/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...established revitalization zone and the state...existing enterprise zones, although the two...The revitalization zone has a much shorter...do the enterprise zones and includes a construction...The revitalization zone supersedes the enterprise zones where the two overlap...
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Zones' value refuted
Newspaper article from: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin; 2/28/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...faster in the enterprise zones than in the control...possible an enterprise zone's positive financial...220million if it canceled zone designations and denied future zone extensions. In its...questioned whether enterprise zones improved local economies...
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Zones(TM) Launches New Brand Strategy and E-Marketing Vehicles.
PR Newswire; 3/26/1999; 700+ words
; ...realignment, the Company's PC Zone(R) and Mac Zone(R) vehicles will continue as part of Zones.com, which also encompasses...government markets through Zones Business Solutions. Products...flagship catalogs The PC Zone and The Mac Zone. The Company...
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Sport: South Zone won Boys & Central Zone gained Girls General Trophy in 5th Annual TEVTA Sports 2009.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 4/1/2009; 700+ words
; LAHORE, March 31 (PPI): South Zone after getting 39 points won the general trophy of boys and Central Zone after obtaining 19 points secured general...day of 5th Annual TEVTA Sports. Central Zone in boys and North Zone in girls remained...
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shear zones, deformation bands, and kink bands
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...distributed uniformly across the zone. Such zones are ductile analogues...displacement along the zone. Shear zones are often more complex...large transcurrent shear zones occur. Among these is the Canisp shear zone in the Assynt area, which...
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Benioff Zone
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Benioff zone Benioff zones are dipping, roughly planar...pulled into the mantle. The zones have dips typically ranging from 40 to 60 degrees. The zones are also known as the Wadati-Benioff zone. During the past century...
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Shear Zones
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...brittle-ductile shear zones, all or portions of the zone may undergo both ductile...parallelism with the zone. Grain size reduction in shear zones produces rocks called...within ductile shear zones where layers are inclined to shear zone boundaries or are...
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The Zone Diet
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
The Zone diet Definition The Zone Diet program is a food management system that claims to promote optimal...nutrients into cells. Glucagon regulates glucose in the liver. The Zone's food plan consists of a dietary intake of 40% carbohydrates...
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Erotogenic Zone
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
...on an erotogenic zone rests first on its...function. Erotogenic zones are thus seen as...as an erotogenic zone. In this case, hysterogenic zones present the same...of this or that zone. The sexual life...stimulation of erotogenic zones, for so-called...
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