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zone

climatic zones

A. North Frigid Zone

B. North Temperate Zone

C. Torrid Zone

D. South Temperate Zone

E. South Frigid Zone

zone

(zōn)

a. An area or a region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic.

b. A section of an area or territory established for a specific purpose, as a section of a city restricted to a particular type of building, enterprise, or activity: a residential zone.

c. An area of a given radius within which a uniform rate is charged, as for transportation or shipping.

a. Any of the five regions of the surface of the earth that are loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude, including the tropics, the North and South Temperate Zones, and the North and South Polar Regions.

b. A similar division on any other planet.

c. Mathematics A portion of a sphere bounded by the intersections of two parallel planes with the sphere.

3. Ecology An area characterized by distinct physical conditions and supporting a particular type of flora and fauna.

4. Anatomy A ringlike or cylindrical growth or structure.

5. Geology A region or stratum distinguished by composition or content.

6. Sports A zone defense.

7. Archaic A belt or girdle.

tr.v. zoned, zon·ing, zones

1. To divide or designate into zones.

2. To surround or encircle.

Phrasal Verbs:

zone in

To focus or concentrate on something.

zone out Informal

To lose concentration or become inattentive.

Idiom:

in the zone

Informal In a state of focused attention or energy so that one's performance is enhanced: a goalie who was in the zone throughout the playoffs.

[Middle English, one of the encircling regions of the earth, from Latin zōna, girdle, celestial zone, from Greek zōnē.]

zon′al (zō′nəl) adj.

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Noun

zoning - dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc

sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation, partitioning, partition, division - the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

city planning, town planning, urban planning - determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community

Translations

suddivisione in zone

zoning

[ˈzəʊnɪŋ] N → división f por zonas, distribución f en zonas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

zoning

→ Zoneneinteilung f

the zoning of this area as … → die Erklärung dieses Gebietes zum …

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zoning

[ˈzəʊnɪŋ] n → zonizzazione f

References in periodicals archive ?

BEYOND SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCES: ZONING AND COVENANTS ALLOW

Citizen Enforcement of Zoning; Custom Enforcement of Covenants

Public actors, private law: local governments' use of covenants to regulate land use

Burden and Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications (DoITT) Commissioner Carole Post launched ZoLa, the Zoning and Land Use web application, last week.

ZoLa allows users to enter an address and find a wealth of information including property ownership, zoning, land uses in the surrounding area, historic districts, landmarks and local elected officials.

New zoning and land use portal launched by city

Zoning is the primary tool used by localities to regulate land use.

Is zoning a negative-sum game?

The proposal would prevent out-of-scale development by replacing decades-old zoning with new contextual zones and firm building height limits, extend commercial zoning to support business opportunities along primary corridors and transit hubs, and provide zoning incentives for affordable housing through the Inclusionary Housing Program.

Major Astoria rezoning proposal goes out for public review

Additionally, as-of-right projects (those that did not require discretionary approvals) may have been planned based on zoning provisions that could change before the project is ready to proceed.

After the downturn: will your zoning approvals survive?

Thomas Wargo was also named as the Department's director of zoning.

City appoints urban design director

It was Mayor Michael Bloomberg himself who excavated the first ceremonial shovel full of earth at Williamsburg's Northside Piers development, marking the start of construction for the first major residential development to utilize the City's expanded inclusionary zoning program.

Williamsburg project 1st under new zoning

"The Department will proceed with the community board to implement priority zoning actions recommended in the community's plan."