5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Zone  \Zone\  (z[=o]n),  n.  [F.  zone,  L.  zona,  Gr  zw`nh;  akin  to 
  zwnny`nai  to  gird,  Lith.  j[*u]sta  a  girdle,  j[*u]sti  to  gird, 
  Zend  y[=a]h.] 
  1.  A  girdle;  a  cincture.  [Poetic] 
 
  An  embroidered  zone  surrounds  her  waist.  --Dryden. 
 
  Loose  were  her  tresses  seen,  her  zone  unbound. 
  --Collins. 
 
  2.  (Geog.)  One  of  the  five  great  divisions  of  the  earth,  with 
  respect  to  latitude  and  temperature. 
 
  Note:  The  zones  are  five:  the  torrid  zone,  extending  from 
  tropic  to  tropic  46[deg]  56[min],  or  23[deg]  28[min]  on 
  each  side  of  the  equator;  two  temperate  or  variable 
  zones,  situated  between  the  tropics  and  the  polar 
  circles;  and  two  frigid  zones,  situated  between  the 
  polar  circles  and  the  poles. 
 
  Commerce  .  .  .  defies  every  wind,  outrides  every 
  tempest,  and  invades.  --Bancroft. 
 
  3.  (Math.)  The  portion  of  the  surface  of  a  sphere  included 
  between  two  parallel  planes;  the  portion  of  a  surface  of 
  revolution  included  between  two  planes  perpendicular  to 
  the  axis.  --Davies  &  Peck  (Math.  Dict.) 
 
  4.  (Nat.  Hist.) 
  a  A  band  or  stripe  extending  around  a  body. 
  b  A  band  or  area  of  growth  encircling  anything  as  a 
  zone  of  evergreens  on  a  mountain;  the  zone  of  animal 
  or  vegetable  life  in  the  ocean  around  an  island  or  a 
  continent;  the  Alpine  zone,  that  part  of  mountains 
  which  is  above  the  limit  of  tree  growth. 
 
  5.  (Crystallog.)  A  series  of  planes  having  mutually  parallel 
  intersections. 
 
  6.  Circuit;  circumference.  [R.]  --Milton. 
 
  {Abyssal  zone}.  (Phys.  Geog.)  See  under  {Abyssal}. 
 
  {Zone  axis}  (Crystallog.),  a  straight  line  passing  through 
  the  center  of  a  crystal,  to  which  all  the  planes  of  a 
  given  zone  are  parallel. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Zone  \Zone\,  v.  t. 
  To  girdle;  to  encircle.  [R.]  --Keats. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Zone  \Zone\,  n. 
  1.  (Biogeography)  An  area  or  part  of  a  region  characterized 
  by  uniform  or  similar  animal  and  plant  life;  a  life  zone; 
  as  Littoral  zone,  Austral  zone,  etc 
 
  Note:  The  zones,  or  life  zones,  commonly  recognized  for  North 
  America  are  Arctic,  Hudsonian,  Canadian,  Transition, 
  Upper  Austral,  Lower  Austral,  and  Tropical. 
 
  2.  (Cryst.)  A  series  of  faces  whose  intersection  lines  with 
  each  other  are  parallel. 
 
  3.  (Railroad  Econ.) 
  a  The  aggregate  of  stations,  in  whatsoever  direction  or 
  on  whatsoever  line  of  railroad,  situated  between 
  certain  maximum  and  minimum  limits  from  a  point  at 
  which  a  shipment  of  traffic  originates. 
  b  Any  circular  or  ring-shaped  area  within  which  the 
  street-car  companies  make  no  differences  of  fare. 
 
  4.  In  the  United  States  parcel-post  system,  any  of  the  areas 
  about  any  point  of  shipment  for  which  but  one  rate  of 
  postage  is  charged  for  a  parcel  post  shipment  from  that 
  point.  The  rate  increases  from  within  outwards.  The  first 
  zone  includes  the  unit  of  area  ``(a  quadrangle  30  minutes 
  square)''  in  which  the  place  of  shipment  is  situated  and 
  the  8  contiguous  units;  the  outer  limits  of  the  second  to 
  the  seventh  zones,  respectively,  are  approximately  150, 
  300,  600,  1000,  1400,  and  1800  miles  from  the  point  of 
  shipment;  the  eighth  zone  includes  all  units  of  area 
  outside  the  seventh  zone. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  zone 
  n  1:  a  circumscribed  geographical  region  characterized  by  some 
  distinctive  features 
  2:  any  of  the  regions  of  the  surface  of  the  Earth  loosely 
  divided  according  to  latitude  or  longitude  [syn:  {geographical 
  zone}] 
  3:  an  area  or  region  distinguished  from  adjacent  parts  by  a 
  distinctive  feature  or  characteristic 
  v  1:  regulate  housing  in  of  certain  areas  of  towns  [syn:  {district}] 
  2:  separate  or  apportion  into  sections;  "partition  a  room  off" 
  [syn:  {partition},  {subdivide}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  zone 
 
  A  logical  group  of  {network}  devices  on  {AppleTalk}. 
 
  (1994-11-30) 
 
 

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