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| Zone |
[F. zone, L.
zona, Gr. zw`nh; akin to zwnny`nai to
gird, Lith. j***uring]sta a girdle, j***uring]sti to gird,
Zend y h.] |
A girdle; a
cincture.
One of the five great
divisions of the earth, with respect to latitude and
temperature.
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.
A
band or stripe extending around a body.
A series of planes
having mutually parallel intersections.
Circuit; circumference.
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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.
A series of faces whose
intersection lines with each other are parallel.
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.
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.
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