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exclusion zone en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities.
   • On 7 April, Britain declared a maritime exclusion zone (subsequently upgraded to a total exclusion zone on 28 April) of 200 nautical miles around the Islands. 2005, John Uhr, Terms of Trust: Arguments Over Ethics in Australian Government, page 169:
   • If the demolition is to use explosives, an exclusion zone must be established at a distance from and surrounding the structure. 2007, Phil Hughes, Ed Ferrett, Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction, page 165:
   • Although the exclusion zone around each test case is the same for all inputs, the area of each zone decreases with successive attempts. 2003, Jean-Pierre Rosen, Alfred Strohmeier, Reliable Software Technologies-Ada-Europe 2003, page 371:
   • the Chernobyl exclusion zone

Forms

Hyponyms

no-fly zone

Relateds

restricted area

Synonyms

EZ

Translations (9)

ro zonă de excludere (a geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities) · ru запре́тная зо́на (a geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities) · de Sperrzone (a geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities) · de Sperrgebiet (a geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities) · fr zone d'exclusion (a geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities) · pl teren zamknięty (a geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities) · ro zonă restrictivă (a geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities) · ru зо́на отчужде́ния (a geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities) · fi suojavyöhyke (a geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities)