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The following 10 entries include the term zone of.
zone of action
: an area of responsibility that is defined by boundaries and assigned to a military unit in any situation involving action (as advance, attack, or retrograde movement) compare sector
zone of clouds
: a belt of clouds prevailing over the ocean near the equator
zone of combined fracture and flow
: the part of the earth between the zone of fracture and the zone of flow where the rocks may break or flow according to conditions (as of deformation or strength of the materials)
zone of fire
: the area within which a particular military unit is prepared to deliver fire
zone of flow
: the subsurface part of the earth underlying the zone of fracture and including the larger part of the earth in which the fracturing of rocks is prevented by pressure and all deformation is by a sort of flow
zone of fracture
: the part of the earth's crust in which deformation may result in and be accompanied by fracture
zone of interior
: the part of the theater of war that is not included within the theater of operations
zone of mobility
zone of Rolando
: motor area
zone of silence
: a region surrounding a source of sound in which because of interference or refraction the sound is inaudible though it can be heard in more distant regions
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