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subzone

subzone

5.3
A smaller area inside a larger zone with its own features
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌbzoʊn/
translation icon : subzona
  • The city planners decided to create a new subzone for residential development within the existing industrial zone.

Examples

  • Within each subzone, a specified number of vessels, organized into small fleets, fished and delivered their catch to a storage center.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Each zone was further divided into subzones.

    Academic text (1997)
  • In Cuba, the use of exclusive fishing zones and the fleet organization of fishing operations within subzones has provided mechanisms to avoid such outcomes.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The subzone widths were based, in part, on a tree's effective height, which refers to the portion of a tree's bole that contributes LWD.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The effective height concept facilitated compromise on subzone widths because it provided a scientific reason for narrower widths.

    Academic text (2018)
  • In addition, the allocation of vessels to specific subzones brought the potential for further reductions in operating costs and a better organization between the distribution of vessels and that of the resource.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The negotiation of geographical subzones with attendant equipment sublimits to push opposing forces away from Western borders would seem important to states in this category.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Lastly, both groups' terrain within the ATTU was subdivided into four subzones (each having its own set of limits on the amount of equipment deployable there).

    Academic text (1994)
  • This has always been broken in SSL—there's no existing mechanism for constraining the scope of a CA certificate (root or intermediate) to a subzone of the DNS.

    Blog text (25)
  • Each subzone within the national park has unique wildlife and vegetation that attracts different types of tourists.

Synonyms

part
vssubzone
1.0

A region of a country or the world

means a smaller, distinct area with specific characteristics, not a broad region
subpart
vssubzone
28 7.2

A smaller section inside a larger section, for example in a book or manual

refers to a distinct area within a larger zone rather than just a component
subregion
vssubzone
1 3.6

A smaller area that is part of a larger region

emphasizes distinct local characteristics within the larger zone more than general regions do
subarea
vssubzone
1 3.9

A smaller part of a larger area or topic

focuses on a distinct part within a larger zone often with its own features
subdomain
vssubzone
5.8

A smaller part of a protein that has its own shape and job

applies to physical or local areas rather than mainly abstract or technical fields

How Small

subzone
5.3
area
1.0
region
977 2.0

Surface Forms

subzone singular
subzones plural

Morphology

subzone = zone (transparent) = sub + zone

Meaning is directly derived from the productive prefix 'sub-' (smaller/under/secondary) plus 'zone' indicating a subordinate or smaller area within a zone.

Etymology

Subzone joins the part sub- meaning 'under' or 'below' and zone meaning 'area' or 'belt', like in submarine where sub- means 'under' the sea. So a subzone is a smaller or separate area inside a larger zone.