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Each of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tropics), two temperate zones (between the tropics and the polar circles), and two frigid zones (within the polar circles).

Any given region or area of the world.

A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.

Example: Files in the Internet zone are blocked by default, as a security measure.

A band or area of growth encircling anything.

Example: a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent

To divide into or assign sections or areas.

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

To define the property use classification of an area.

Example: This area was zoned for industrial use.

To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off.

Example: Everyone just put their goddamn heads together and zoned. (Byron Coley, liner notes for the album "Piece for Jetsun Dolma" by Thurston Moore)

To girdle or encircle.