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zonal
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Zonal \Zon"al\, a. [L. zonalis.] Of or pertaining to a zone; having the form of a zone or zones.
Zonal equation (Crystallog.), the mathematical relation which belongs to all the planes of a zone, and expresses their common position with reference to the axes.
Zonal structure (Crystallog.), a structure characterized by the arrangements of color, inclusions, etc., of a crystal in parallel or concentric layers, which usually follow the outline of the crystal, and mark the changes that have taken place during its growth.
Zonal symmetry. (Biol.) See the Note under Symmetry.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1839, from Late Latin zonalis, from Latin zona (see zone (n.)).
Wiktionary
a. 1 Divided into zones. 2 Related to, associated with, or similar to zones. 3 Roughly longitude movement of air or ocean currents (east to west, or west to east).
WordNet
Wikipedia
Zonal can refer to:
- Zonal and meridional, directions on a globe, west-east and north-south, respectively.
- Zonal and poloidal, directions in a toroidal magnetically confined plasma
- Zonal polynomial, a symmetric multivariate polynomial
- Zonal pelargonium, a type of pelargoniums
- Zonal tournaments in chess: see Interzonal#Zonal_tournaments
Usage examples of "zonal".
That same evening Vladimir Dolkov crossed the Zonal boundary once again, having made no secret of the fact that he must visit the Charlottenburg area.
He looked at the giant sundial formed by the pinnacle and realized that, with zonal differences, in about another hour Powys would be rising in Parliament to support the Dismantling Agreement.
These investigations led to some zonal war-crimes trials-do you follow me?
A request has been made to Soviet Zonal headquarters at Potsdam for further information about the concentration camp in Riga, Latvia, and a search for further witnesses is under way, the spokesman said.
Taking one of his own zonal passes, he drove to the headquarters of the British Zone at Hanover and applied for a job in the passport office of the British Military Government.
We are ironically faced with a first-contact situation involving our own species, a situation fraught with the direst potential hazard to zonal stability and peace.
Washington, where there are no meters, all that matters in adding up the fare is how many fare zones the cab crosses, and drivers often choose one street rather than another to cross a zonal line.
Its energy was small compared to the zonal upwellings, but far more concentrated.
Indeed, it had been about as impersonal as one of the big zonal cyclones.
The zonal system still persists side by side with the freer style, and is often very skilfully handled as a means of decoration.
But visual harmony was not the only purpose of such regimentation: the zonal planning of the capital was a form of social ordering as well.
Zone as the ultimate test of manhood, before which bemedaled and brevetted Krautkillers, as well as the baddest shit-on-my-dick-or-blood-on-my-blade escapees from the grossest of Zonal stockades, all have been known to shrink, swoon, chicken out, and on occasion vomit, yes right where they stood.
In general the white spots were high-pressure cells that had risen from the depths and were converting their heat to rotary motion, which motion was greedily sucked at by the zonal jets.