see|Zone
English

Etymology
From Latin zona < AGr. ζ�νη (z�n�, 'girdle,' 'belt').

Pronunciation
z�n, /z��n/, /<tt>z@Un</tt>/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��n|-��n

Noun
en-noun

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.

1. baseball Short for the strike zone.

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

1. A high performance phase or period, especially in sports.

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

1. context|networking That collection of a domain's DNS resource records, the domain and it's subdomain|subdomains, that are not delegate|delegated to another authority.
2. context|Apple computing A logical group of network devices on AppleTalk?.
3. 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.

Translations

Danish: område
Dutch: zone m
Finnish: vyöhyke
French: zone f
German: Zone f
Greek: ζ�νη (zóni) f
Hungarian: övezet, zóna
Icelandic: svæði f
mid
Japanese: �帯 (chitái)
Korean: �� (jidae)
Portuguese: zona f
Russian: зона (zóna) f, по�� (pójas) m, �айон (rajón) m
Spanish: zona f

Synonyms
area
belt
region
section
sector
sphere
territory

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

Verb
en-verb|zones|zoning|zoned

1. Divide into or assign sections or areas.

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

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

#:This area was zoned for industrial use.

1. To temporarily enter a daydream state, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication.

#:I must haved zoned while he was giving us the directions.

Synonyms
italbrac-colon|enter a daydream state zone out

Derived terms
friend zone
time zone
zonal
zone out
zoner
zoning
zoning law
zone of employment

French

Noun
fr-noun|f|s

1. zone

Italian

Noun
zone f

1. plural of|zona

Romanian

Pronunciation
IPA|['zo.ne]|lang=ro

Noun
zone f|p

1. plural of|zon�|lang=Romanian zones

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