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For me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It's this dead zone between two places. But to walk, you're some place that's already interesting. You're not just between places. Things are happening.
Rebecca Solnit

Meaning of "dead zone" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEAD ZONE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEAD ZONE

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Dead zone is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEAD ZONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dead zone

Dead zone may refer to: ▪ Dead zone, an area where cell phones cannot transmit to a nearby cell site ▪ Dead zone, low-oxygen areas in the world's oceans Dead Zone may also refer to: ▪ Dead Zone, a 2011 album by Merzbow ▪ Dead Zone, a video game produced by SunSoftThe Dead Zone, a novel by Stephen King ▪ The Dead Zone, a film based on the King novel starring Christopher Walken ▪ The Dead Zone, a television series also based on the King novel, starring Anthony Michael Hall ▪ Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone, the first of thirteen Dragon Ball Z films ▪ Whisper of Dead Zone, the translated English title of the 2012 Turkish film Ölü Bölgeden Fısıltılar.

Definition of dead zone in the English dictionary

The first definition of dead zone in the dictionary is an area of water that cannot support marine life, being virtually devoid of oxygen due to the presence of nitrates that stimulate algae growth. Other definition of dead zone is an area where a mobile phone does not receive a signal. Dead zone is also any area where something does not exist or prosper.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEAD ZONE

dead matter
dead men
dead on
dead point
dead president
dead reckoning
dead ringer
Dead Sea
Dead Sea Scrolls
dead season
dead set
dead soldier
dead stock
dead time
dead to the world
dead weight
Dead White European Male
Dead White Male
dead wire
dead-and-alive

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEAD ZONE

combat zone
comfort zone
danger zone
disaster zone
drop zone
economic zone
end zone
enterprise zone
exclusion zone
exclusive economic zone
free zone
hot zone
in the zone
security zone
speed zone
subduction zone
time zone
twilight zone
urban development zone
war zone
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Synonyms and antonyms of dead zone in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dead zone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEAD ZONE

Find out the translation of dead zone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dead zone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dead zone» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

死区
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

zona muerta
570 millions of speakers

English

dead zone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मृत जोन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منطقة ميتة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мертвая зона
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

zona morta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত এলাকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

zone morte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Zon mati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tote Zone
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

デッドゾーン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

데드 존
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati zona
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vùng chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறந்த பகுதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत क्षेत्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ölü bölge
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

zona morta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

strefa martwa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мертва зона
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zona mort
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεκρή ζώνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dooie sone
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dödzon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dødsone
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dead zone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD ZONE»

The term «dead zone» is regularly used and occupies the 62.862 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD ZONE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dead zone

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2 QUOTES WITH «DEAD ZONE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dead zone.
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Michael Pollan
In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel - it takes a half gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn.
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Rebecca Solnit
For me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It's this dead zone between two places. But to walk, you're some place that's already interesting. You're not just between places. Things are happening.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEAD ZONE»

Discover the use of dead zone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dead zone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Dead Zone
John Smith, who awakened from an interminable coma with an accursed power—the power to see the future and the terrible fate awaiting mankind in...the dead zone.
Stephen King, 1980
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Echoes from the Dead Zone: Across the Cyprus Divide
His was a journey to the various sides of the Dead Zone and to the various zones of the dead, the realms of memory and history. This book is the account of that journey."--BOOK JACKET.
Yiannis Papadakis, 2005
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Living in the Dead Zone: Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison: ...
Living in the Dead Zone is a modem clinical analysis revealing how Janis Joplin, the leading female blues artist of the 1960s, and Jim Morrison, the influential rocker and lead singer of The Doors, both suffered from a little understood ...
Gerald Faris, PhD, Ralph Faris, PhD, 2010
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Living in the Dead Zone: Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison
A modern clinical analysis of music icons Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison.
Gerald A. Faris, Ralph M. Faris, 2000
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Adaptive Backstepping Control of Uncertain Systems: ...
In this chapter, we present new adaptive schemes for uncertain nonlinear systems preceded by unknown dead-zone nonlinearity. Robust adaptive backstep- ping control algorithms are developed for state feedback tracking of a class of ...
Jing Zhou, Changyun Wen, 2008
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Adaptive Control of Nonsmooth Dynamic Systems
Assuming that the output of the dead zone is measurable, it is shown in the chapter that the effect of the unknown dead zone on the closed loop system can be eliminated asymptotically with no assumptions on the persistent excitation of the ...
Gang Tao, Frank L. Lewis, 2001
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Fluid Bed Technology in Materials Processing
accounts for only 67% of the predictions of the two-phase flow model and that this fraction could increase by another 13% with a porous type of distributor. 3. Dead Zone An important feature that must be considered is the dead zone above the ...
C. K. Gupta, D. Sathiyamoorthy, 1998
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Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom: Life in the Dead Zone
Every single one of them is radioactive. In Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom, you'll meet the international scientists investigating the Zone's wildlife and trying to answer difficult questions: Have some animals adapted to living with radiation?
Rebecca L. Johnson, 2014
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Biofilms & Dead Zone: The Microbe-environment Connection : ...
This book explores the beneficial and harmful impacts microorganisms have on Earth's air, water and soil.
David M. Carlberg, 2003
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The Sixth International Symposium on Neural Networks (ISNN 2009)
Aiming at a kind of nonlinear dead zone system, a novel identification method based on support vector machines was presented. In the method, the nonlinear dynamic characteristic of systems was expressed by using the Hammer- stein model ...
Hongwei Wang, Yi Shen, Tingwen Huang, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEAD ZONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dead zone is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gulf Coast bird colony a 'dead zone' after thousands leave
"It's a dead zone now," said Vic Doig, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist, told CBS News. "This is where the largest bird colony on the ... «Palm Beach Post, Jul 15»
2
Facebook can become a dead zone for using 'forbidden words' in …
We don't need to point out that with each day passing by Facebook is becoming a place for sharing sinful, harmful and unaccepted words. «Young Herald, Jul 15»
3
An algorithm to investigate unwelcome plankton
They hypothesize that nutrient-rich fertilizer and sewage flowing into sea are increasing productivity and expanding the dead zone as oxygen ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
4
Alexander Olch is Constructing a New Movie Theater for the Arts on …
It's a dead zone of sorts; quite literally. Situated beside a Chinese funeral home, the backside of the vacant Loew's Canal Street Theatre, scant ... «Bowery Boogie, Jul 15»
5
After two attempts in federal court, cell phone tower company loses …
Some have complained about dropped calls and spotty reception, and others say their homes are a virtual "dead zone" for cell phone reception ... «Bradenton Herald, Jul 15»
6
Dar Williams Tunes Up “FM Radio” To Glide (INTERVIEW)
Don't try to scrutinize, it's just a dead zone. Wake up the neighbors, tell me how you do feel. And live the fantasy that makes your life real «Glide Magazine, Jul 15»
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Council wary of bringing O'Tooles to Rochester
That corner is a dead zone almost. So what I saw really excited me about bringing some business into that area.” The last thing Wadle said he ... «C&G Newspapers, Jul 15»
8
Controversy erupts over rock dam across MRGO
"One of the things I think we can say with certainty is that the annual dead zone that developed in the lake has not been occurring, and the ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
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Plan calls for bridging the gap between Kansas City Crossroads and …
Then suddenly, east of Charlotte Street, stretched a yawning dead zone, home to the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority bus lot, ... «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
10
Chip Kelly Update: The Dead Zone Lives!
Some people call this “the Dead Zone,” the part of the NFL season where everyone is on vacation, training camp rosters have been filled to 90 ... «FishDuck, Jul 15»

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