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1.nounEach of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tropics), two temperate zones (between the tropics and the polar circles), and two frigid zones (within the polar circles).
2.nounAny given region or area of the world.
3.nounA given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc."Files in the Internet zone are blocked by default, as a security measure."
4.nounA band or area of growth encircling anything."a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent"
5.nounA band or stripe extending around a body.
6.nounA series of planes having mutually parallel intersections.
7.nounThe strike zone."That pitch was low and away, just outside of the zone."
8.nounEvery of the three parts of an ice rink, divided by two blue lines."Players are off side, if they enter the attacking zone before the puck."
9.nounA semicircular area in front of each goal.
10.nounA high-performance phase or period."I just got in the zone late in the game: everything was going in."
11.nounA defensive scheme where defenders guard a particular area of the court or field, as opposed to a particular opposing player.
12.nounThat collection of a domain's DNS resource records, the domain and its subdomains, that are not delegated to another authority.
13.noun(Apple computing) A logical group of network devices on AppleTalk.
14.nounA belt or girdle.
15.nounThe curved surface of a frustum of a sphere, the portion of surface of a sphere delimited by parallel planes.
16.noun(perhaps by meronymy) A frustum of a sphere.
17.nounA circuit; a circumference.
18.verbTo divide into or assign sections or areas."Please zone off our staging area, a section for each group."
19.verbTo define the property use classification of an area."This area was zoned for industrial use."
20.verbTo enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off."Everyone just put their goddamn heads together and zoned. (Byron Coley, liner notes for the album "Piece for Jetsun Dolma" by Thurston Moore)"
21.verbTo girdle or encircle.