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zone n. 1. A defined area or region. The surface of the earth is divided into climatic zones by the polar circles and the tropics; the parts between the poles and polar circles are called the north and south frigid zones; the parts between the polar circles and the tropics are the north and south temperate zones; the part between the two tropics is the torrid zone. 2. A time zone, within which the same time is kept.

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