zone

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 See also 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.4.4 See also 1.5 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Synonyms 2.3.2 Derived terms 2.3.3 Inflection 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.3 Verb 3.4 Anagrams 4 Italian 4.1 Noun 5 Romanian 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin zōna < Ancient Greek ζώνη (zōnē), “‘girdle, belt’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: zōn, IPA: /zəʊn/, SAMPA: /z@Un/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -əʊn

[edit] Noun

zone (plural zones)

1. An area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.

   There is a no-smoking zone that extends 25 feet outside of each entrance.

   The white zone is for loading and unloading only.

2. (baseball) Short for the strike zone.

   That pitch was low and away, just outside of the zone.

3. (chiefly sports) A high performance phase or period.

   I just got in a zone late in the game, everything was going in.

4. (networking) That collection of a domain's DNS resource records, the domain and it's subdomains, that are not delegated to another authority.
5. (Apple computing) A logical group of network devices on AppleTalk.
6. (religion) A belt worn by priests in the Greek Orthodox church.
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     In putting on the zone or belt, worn by both bishops and priests, he says: "Blessed is God, Who girded me with power, and hath made my path blameless..." (Ps. 47:32-33). The zone denotes the priest's readiness to serve the Lord and is also a sign that he is bound to Christ.

[edit] Synonyms

• (area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic etc): area, belt, region, section, sector, sphere, territory
• (baseball: strike zone):
• (high performance phase or period):
• (networking: that collection of a domain's DNS resource records):
• (computing: logical group of network devices on AppleTalk):
• (religion: belt worn by priests in the Greek Orthodox church):

[edit] Derived terms

adaptive zone annular zone aphotic zone attacking zone Benioff zone buffer zone communications zone crumple zone death zone defending zone defensive zone demilitarized zone, DMZ

erogenous zone euphotic zone exclusion zone feed zone float-zone silicon free zone Fresnel zone plate in the zone life zone loading zone neutral zone no-fly zone

no-lone zone nuclear-free zone offensive zone photic zone red zone relegation zone seismogenic zone subduction zone T-zone temperate zone torrid zone transition zone

Wadati-Benioff zone war zone white zone work zone zone defense zone melting zone of action zone of avoidance zone of fire zone plate zone refining zonule

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[edit] See also

• alb
• epigonation
• epimanikion
• epitrachelion
• maniple
• mitre
• omophorion
• rhason
• sakkos
• sticharion
• zone file

[edit] Verb

to zone (third-person singular simple present zones, present participle zoning, simple past and past participle zoned)

1. To divide into or assign sections or areas.

   Please zone off our staging area, a section for each group.

2. To define the property use classification of an area.

   This area was zoned for industrial use.

3. To temporarily enter a daydream state, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off.

   I must have zoned while he was giving us the directions.

   Everyone just put their goddamn heads together and zoned. (Byron Coley, liner notes for the album "Piece for Jetsun Dolma" by Thurston Moore)

[edit] Synonyms

• (enter a daydream state): doze off, zone out

[edit] Derived terms

• zonal
• zoner
• zoning

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• friend zone
• time zone
• zone out
• zoning law
• zone of employment

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: enoz
• Zeno
• zeon

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zōnē), “‘girdle, belt’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /soːnɘ/, [ˈsoːnɘ]
• Homophones: sone

[edit] Noun

zone c. (singular definite zonen, plural indefinite zoner)

1. zone

[edit] Synonyms

• område

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Inflection

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}
• IPA: /zon/

[edit] Noun

zone f. (plural zones)

1. zone

[edit] Verb

zone

1. First-person singular present indicative of zoner.
2. Third-person singular present indicative of zoner.
3. First-person singular present subjunctive of zoner.
4. Third-person singular present subjunctive of zoner.
5. Second-person singular imperative of zoner.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: enoz
• Enzo
• onze

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

zone f.

1. Plural form of zona.

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: ['zo.ne]

[edit] Noun

zone f. pl.

1. Plural form of zonă. zones