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neutral zone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. A zone between the defensive line of scrimmage and the offensive line of scrimmage.
  2. A zone on the playing surface between the attacking zone and the defending zone as delineated by the two blue lines.
  3. A non-competitive segment of a bicycle race during which competitors have to stay behind the lead vehicles.
  4. That space in the oral cavity where the forces exerted by the musculature of the tongue are equal and balanced with the forces exerted by the buccinator muscle of the cheek laterally and the orbicularis oris muscle anteriorly.
  5. In Characeae, that line or place where rotating streams of protoplasm flow beside each other in opposite directions, shown by the absence of chlorophyll granules.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
neutral zones Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

neutral-zone infraction

Synonyms

center zone · center ice

Translations (6)

sv mittzon (ice hockey: zone between the two blue lines) · fi keskialue (ice hockey: zone between the two blue lines) · ca zona central (ice hockey: zone between the two blue lines) · ca zona neutral (ice hockey: zone between the two blue lines) · sv neutral zon (ice hockey: zone between the two blue lines) · ca zona neutral (football: zone between the lines of scrimmage)