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Zoids Saga Zoids Saga is a series of Game Boy Advance (and later Nintendo DS) games based on the Zoids franchise, primarily released in Japan. The series encompasses four games and one international adaptation; Zoids Saga, Zoids Saga II (released as Zoids: Legacy in several English-speaking nations), Zoids Saga III: Fuzors, and Zoids Saga DS
Zoids: Chaotic Century Zoids: Chaotic Century is the first of five anime series based on the Zoids range of mecha model kits produced by TOMY. Although the first series to be produced for the franchise in Japan, Chaotic Century was the second series to be dubbed and aired in Western nations, following Zoids: New Century Zero.
Zoilo Versalles Zoilo Casanova Versalles Rodriguez (December 18 1939 - June 9 1995) was a Cuban shortstop in Major League Baseball, considered to be a great fielder, solid leadoff man, and a brilliant baserunner. He was the sparkplug that led the 1965 Twins to their first World Series.
Zoisite Zoisite is a calcium aluminium hydroxy sorosilicate belonging to the epidote group of minerals. Zoisite is named after the Slovene scientist Baron Sigmund Zois von Edelstein (Žiga Zois), who realized that this was an unknown mineral when it was brought to him by the mineral dealer Simon Prešern, who had discovered it in the Saualpe mountains (Svinška planina) of Carinthia in 1805.
Zoji Zoji is a social networking website that provides the basis for sharing a vast array of user-submitted information. In addition to the usual social networking website provisions such as blogs, groups, photos, and music, Zoji differentiates itself from other social networking services by including restaurant and entertainment reviews and information, advanced event hosting and picture sharing, and by its non-corporate nature and commitment to users.
Zojirushi Corporation The Zojirushi Corporation ( ZĹŤjirushi MahĹŤbin Kabushiki Gaisha) is a Japanese multinational manufacturer and marketer of vacuum flasks and consumer electronics including electric water boilers and rice cookers. It has a branch in South Korea and subsidiary companies in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States.
Zoketsu Norman Fischer Zoketsu Norman Fischer (1946 - present) is a Jewish-American Soto Zen Buddhist priest. Norman practiced at San Francisco Zen Center for three decades where he served in many positions including co-abbot, a position he held from 1995 to 2000 when he retired.
Zoki Games Zoki Games is a unique set of cards that can be used to play dozens of different games in the Zoki system. The Zoki cards have colored stripes on them and can be mixed and matched to form different patterns, not unlike dominos.
Zokko Zokko was the name given to the anthropomorphic pinball machine that acted as the presenter of the eponymous BBC television programme for children than ran on Saturday mornings between 1969 and 1971. Devised by veteran children's TV producer Molly Cox and featuring animations and film clips, the programme is regarded as "the first televised children's comic" (The Independent 7 November, 1991 p 35).
Zokwang Trading Zokwang Trading Company is a North Korean state-run import-export business based out of Zhuhai, China.No Cut News 2005-12-20 It was founded in 1974 in Macau, then a colony of Portugal, soon after the new Portuguese government installed by the Carnation Revolution established diplomatic relations with North Korea.
Zola Budd Zola Pieterse, still better known by her maiden name of Zola Budd (born May 26, 1966 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State in South Africa), is a former Olympic track and field competitor who, within a period of less than three years, twice broke the world record in the women's 5000 meters, and twice was the women's winner at the World Cross Country Championships. Budd's career as a pioneer in women's distance running was as unusual as it was meteoric, in that she trained and raced barefoot.
Zolazepam Zolazepam is a benzodiazepine derivative used as an anaesthetic for a wide range of animals in veterinary medicine. Zolazepam is usually administered in combination with other drugs such as the NMDA antagonist Tiletamine or the alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist Xylazine, depending on what purpose it is being used for.
Zollernalbkreis The Zollernalbkreis is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) TĂĽbingen, Reutlingen, Sigmaringen, Tuttlingen, Rottweil and Freudenstadt.
Zollikon Seminars The Zollikon Seminars were a series of philosophical seminars delivered between 1959 and 1969 by the German philosopher Martin Heidegger at the home of Swiss psychiatrist Medard Boss. The topic of the seminars was Heidegger's ontology and phenomenology as it pertained to the theory and praxis of medicine, psychology, psychiatry and psychotherapy.
Zollkriminalamt The German Customs Investigation Bureau in Cologne (Zollkriminalamt - ZKA) and its investigation offices are federal agencies that fall under the German Finance Ministry. The ZKA coordinates customs investigations nationwide in particular monitoring foreign trade, uncovering violations of EU market regulations, illegal technology exports, subsidy fraud in the agricultural sector, drug trafficking and money laundering.
Zollner illusion The Zollner illusion is a classic optical illusion named after its discoverer, German astrophysicist Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner. In 1860, Zöllner sent his discovery in a letter to physicist and scholar J.
Zollverein Zollverein (German for "customs union") or German Customs Union was formed between the 39 states of the German Confederation in 1834 during the Industrial Revolution to remove internal customs barriers, although upholding a protectionist tariff system with foreign trade partners. The main ideological contributor behind the customs union was Friedrich List, an economist holding mercantilist and protectionist views.
Zolmitriptan Zolmitriptan is an oral, selective 5-hydroxytryptamine 1B/1D (5-HT 1B/1D ) receptor agonist. It is a second-generation triptan, for acute treatment of migraine attacks with or without aura and cluster headaches.
Zolo Azania Zolo Agona Azania (Born Rufus Averhart) is an artist and New Afrikan activist from Gary, Indiana who is currently incarcerated in Michigan City, Indiana for his alleged role in the August 11th, 1981 robbery of the Gary National Bank and the subsequent shooting death of Gary Police Lt. and Purple Heart recipient George Yaros.
Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer is an indie rock band that originated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania through core members Vince Ratti and Rachel Minton alongside a young Anthony Green. Their music is typically identified with the pop rock genre and is heavily structured and influenced by pop music.
Zoloti Vorota (Kiev Metro) Zoloti Vorota ( ) is one of the most famous stations on the Kiev Metro. Named after the Golden Gates historical structure, the station is arguabely one of the most stunning achievements in late Soviet architecture.
Zolotonosha Zolotonosha () is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It is located at around , the city serves as the administrative center of the Zolotoniskyi Raion (district), however the city itself is also designated as a separate district within the oblast.
Zoltan Crişan Zoltan Crişan, (born May 25, 1955 in Oradea, Romania - died October 14, 2003 in Craiova, Romania), was a Romanian football player, who played for FC Baia Mare (1972 - 1974), Universitatea Craiova (1974 - 1984), FC Bihor Oradea (1984 - 1985), FC Olt (1985 - 1986) and Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea (1986 -1987)
Zoltan Kosz Zoltán Kosz (born November 26, 1967 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kosz also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team placed 4th.
Zoltan Lunka Zoltan Lunka (born May 22, 1970 in Mircurea Nira, Romania) was a professional boxer, who won a Flyweight Bronze Medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Germany. A year earlier, at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, he captured the world title.
Zoltan Paulinyi Zoltan Paulinyi (Belo Horizonte - Brazil, 1977), brazilian composer, modern and baroque violinist, one of the founders of MUSICOOP String Orchestra. After undergraduating in Physics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1999), he started to dedicate his life to music, both in performance and teaching.
Zoltan Szecsi Zoltán Szecsi (born December 22, 1977 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed Szecska, and made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1998.
Zoltán Dani Colonel Zoltán Dani () was the ethnic Hungarian commander of a Serbian anti-aircraft battery which shot down a United States Air Force F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter on March 27, 1999, the only F-117 ever lost in combat.
Zoltán Kővágó Zoltán Kővágó (born April 10, 1979) is a Hungarian discus thrower. At the 2004 Olympic Games he initially won the bronze medal, but was promoted to silver when countryfellow Róbert Fazekas was disqualified following a doping rule violation.
Zoltán Szilágyi Zoltán Szilágyi (born June 21, 1967 in Budapest) is a former freestyle swimmer from Hungary, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. He missed the 1996 Summer Olympics, and ended his career after the Sydney Games in 2000.
Zoltán Tildy Zoltán Tildy (Losonc, November 18, 1889 – Budapest, August 3, 1961) was an influential leader of Hungary, who served as Prime Minister from 1945-1946 and President from 1946-1948 in the post-war period before the seizure of power by Soviet-backed communists.
Zolty Cracker Zolty Cracker, out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada are Gilles Zolty (lead vocals, guitar), Annie Wilkinson (bass, accordion, vocals) and Wayne Adams (drums, percussion, harmonica, vocals). From 1989 to 1997 they toured Canada, the United States and Europe playing what has been termed motor folk: raw, electro-acoustic, melodic.
Zolwerknapp Zolwerknapp (German: Zolver Knapp) is a hill in the commune of Sanem, in south-western Luxembourg. It is 422 metres tall, and lies just to the north-west of Soleuvre (Zolwer in Luxembourgish and German, hence the name of the hill).
Zomba Choir The Zomba Choir was a bogus musical group composed of Jive employees, created solely to increase the number of eligible voters for the grammy nominations. Their only CD was titled "Miracle on West 25th Street", an EP.
Zombi (band) Zombi are a progressive duo from Chicago (originally from Pittsburgh), consisting of Steve Moore on bass and synthesizers and AE Paterra on drums, making use of looping to create multilayered compositions. They have toured with Orthrelm, Daughters, Red Sparowes, These Arms Are Snakes and The Abandoned Hearts Club.
Zombi 2 The best-known of Lucio Fulci's films, Zombi 2 (also known as Zombie, Island of the Living Dead, Zombie Flesh Eaters, and Woodoo) sparked an obsession with zombie films across Europe and made Fulci a horror icon. Upon its release in 1979, the film was ridiculed for having no connection to the original Zombi and was scorned for its extremely bloody content, yet the film was a tremendous success.
Zombi 3 Zombi 3 (known as Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 in the UK) is the in-name-only 1988 followup to Zombi 2, itself an unofficial sequel to 1979's Dawn of the Dead (released in Italy as Zombi). Beyond its title, Zombi 3 has little to no relation with the characters or plotlines of Zombi, Zombi 2 or in fact any subsequent "Zombi" films.
Zombia Zombia antillarum (usually latanye zombi or latanye pikan in Haiti, guanito or guanillo in the Dominican Republic) is the sole species in the genus Zombia a palm, endemic to the island of Hispaniola. Trees have short clustered stems with persistent leaf bases and palmately compound leaves.
Zombie A zombie is purportedly a dead person whose body has been re-animated. Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodoun (Voodoo), where zombies are humans who have had their "Ti Bon Ange" (Creole from the French "petit bon ange", or "little good angel") or soul stolen by supernatural means or shamanic medicine, and who thus lack free will and are forced to work as uncomplaining slaves for a "zombie master", typically on plantations.
Zombie (Marvel Comics) The Zombie is a fictional supernatural character in the Marvel Comics universe, who starred in the black-and-white, horror-comic magazine series Tales of the Zombie (1973-1975). The character had originated 20 years earlier in the standalone story "Zombie" by Stan Lee and Bill Everett, published in the horror-anthology comic book Menace #5 (July 1953) from Marvel forerunner Atlas Comics.
Zombie (song) "Zombie" is a protest song by the Irish band The Cranberries from the 1994 album No Need to Argue. It is about the conflicts in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles, with references to the Easter Rising of 1916.
Zombie ball The zombie ball is a magic illusion in which a metal sphere on a small pedestal is covered with a silk cloth, and appears to levitate upwards carrying the cloth with it. The magician continues to hold two corners of the cloth.
Zombie cocktail The Zombie is an exceptionally strong cocktail made of fruit juices, liqueurs, and various rums, so named for its perceived effects upon the drinker. It first appeared in the late 1930s, invented by Donn Beach (formerly Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gannt) of Hollywood's Don the Beachcomber restaurant.
Zombie comedy The zombie comedy, also called zomedy (portmanteau), is an emerging film genre which aims to blend zombie horror motifs with slapstick comedy. Examples include Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead, Andrew Currie's Fido, and arguably the inventor of the genre, Peter Jackson's Braindead.
Zombie computer A zombie computer, abbreviated zombie, is a computer attached to the Internet that has been compromised by a security cracker, a computer virus, or a trojan horse. Generally, a compromised machine is only one of many in a "botnet", and will be used to perform malicious tasks of one sort or another under remote direction.
Zombie Hotel Zombie Hotel is an animated children's program about a hotel run by zombies, produced by French production company Alphanim, and shown internationally. The main characters are Fungus and Maggot, two small zombies who have to say they are human to get into their local school.
Zombie Nightmare Zombie Nightmare is a 1986 zombie movie directed by Jack Bravman and filmed in the suburbs of Montreal, Canada starring Jon Mikl Thor. The plot, in brief: A musclebound teenage baseball player gets run over by a car driven by a bunch of teenagers.
Zombie process On Unix operating systems, a zombie process or defunct process is a process that has completed execution but still has an entry in the process table, allowing the process that started it to read its exit status. The term zombie process derives from the common definition of zombie—an undead person.
Zombie Planet Zombie Planet is a 2004 independent film. The premise is that in 2008, to "cash in" on the low carb diet craze, pharmaceutical scientists develop an enzyme called dopatrihydrozine, or "carb crave killer".
Zombie Revenge Zombie Revenge is an arcade and Dreamcast video game released in 1999, one that falls squarely in the beat 'em up genre. Armed with their fists, feet, and whatever weapons they should find along the way, players are tasked with ridding an unnamed city of zombies that look more or less like the ones in House of the Dead.
Zombie walk A zombie walk (also known as a zombie march) is an organized public gathering of two or more people who dress up in zombie costumes. Usually taking place in an urban centre, the participants make their way around the city streets and through shopping malls in a somewhat orderly fashion and often limping and gnawing their way towards a local cemetery or other public space.
Zombie Zone Zombie Zone, known as The Oneechanbara in Japan, is an action game in D3's Simple 2000 series for the PlayStation 2. The hack and slash gameplay is reminiscent of Koei's Dynasty Warriors series, but involves the player controlling Aya, a Japanese cowgirl in a bikini who wears a scarf and wields a katana.
Zombiegeddon Zombiegeddon is a 2003 cult film directed by Chris Watson. The horror/comedy, distributed by Troma Films, follows two bad cops (played by Ari Bavel and Charles Messina (aka Paul Darrigo)) who find themselves engaged in a battle against evil Hellspawn.
ZombieMUD ZombieMUD is a Multi-User Dungeon which is based in Oulu, Finland. Its central theme revolves around all things medieval fantasy in nature, and has gathered an eclectic mix of both Player and Non-Player Characters (NPC) since its initial creation in 1994.
Zombies Ate My Neighbors Zombies Ate My Neighbors is a run and gun video game for the Super NES and Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis platforms. The game was produced by LucasArts as a comical tribute to both classic and schlocky horror films of the 1950s and 1960s.
Zombies in the Snow Zombies in the Snow is a fictional film presented as the last movie created by the fictional film director Dr. Gustav Sebald before his death in the children's novel series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket (a.
Zombies of the Stratosphere Zombies of the Stratosphere (Republic Studios, 1952) was intended as the second serial featuring new hero Commando Cody and the third 12-chapter serial featuring the rocket-powered flying suit introduced in King of the Rocket Men (1949).
Zombietime zombietime is an online photo archive that has become well known for documenting anti-war demonstrations and other left-wing public protests, as well as for analyzing controversial claims made by the media. It is maintained by zombie, an pseudonymous photographer who is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Zombietiming Zombietiming is to thoroughly, impartially, and logically analyze publicly available information in order to reach a conclusion consistent with the truth, usually as opposed to a conclusion as presented by a biased or poorly verified news source.
Zome The term "zome" is used in two senses, though both are related. A zome in the original sense is a building using unusual geometries (different from the standard house or other building which is essentially one or a series of rectangular boxes).
Zomi Zomi is the name of an ethnic group of people that occupy Northwest Burma, Northeast India, and Northeast Bangladesh, and normally known as Lushai, Chin and Kuki to the outsiders. However, a single name "Chin" or "Lushai" or "Kuki" has technical limitation within its own context, since the Mizo (Lushai), the Kuki, the Bawmzo and other ethnic groups would not normally accept a single identity collectively.
Zomi National Congress The Zomi National Congress (ZNC) is the name of a political party in Myanmar, registered in 1988. It was permitted to function as a political organization until 1992, when the Myanmar military government abolished the party, and banned it from all political movements.
Zona BoĂŞmia The Zona BoĂŞmia is a loosely defined term for a region in the commercial centre of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, noted for its abundancy of bars, brothels, sex theatres and motels, and many consider it the city's red light district.
Zona da Mata (coastal) In northeastern Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte, ParaĂba,Pernambuco, and Bahia), the Zona da Mata (in Portuguese, "forest zone") refers to the narrow coastal plain between the Atlantic Ocean and the dry regions of the agreste and sertĂŁo.
Zona limitans intrathalamica The zona limitans intrathalamica (ZLI) is a transverse boundary located between the prethalamus (previously also known as ventral thalamus) and the functional distinct thalamus (dorsal thalamus ). Besides its morphological characteristics, it bears the hallmarks of a signalling centre.
Zona Rosa The Zona Rosa (Pink Zone) is the name used to refer to a part of Colonia Juarez in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City on one side of Paseo de la Reforma. This part of Mexico City received its name because of the many buildings painted on wonderful shades of pink.
Zona Rosa (Kansas City) Zona Rosa is an approximately 500,000 square feet, mixed-use (retail, office and residential) development located in Kansas City, Platte County, Missouri. The project opened in 2004 and is expected to be expanded by an additional 500,000 square feet by early 2008.
Zonal flow Zonal flow is a meteorological term meaning that the general flow pattern is west to east along the earth's latitude lines (the opposite of meridional flow). Extratropical cyclones in this environment tend to be weaker, moving faster and producing relatively little impact on local weather.
Zonal Informatics Olympiad The Zonal Informatics Olympiad is the first of the three stages of the Indian Computing Olympiad, or ICO. The ICO selects approximately 30 students for a National level camp, the International Olympiad in Informatics Training Camp, from where 4 students are selected to represent India at the International Olympiad in Informatics.
Zonal marking Zonal marking is a defensive strategy used in football (soccer), where defenders cover an area of the pitch rather than marking a specific opponent. If an opponent moves into the area a defender is covering, the defender marks the opponent.
Zonal-meridional The terms zonal and meridional are used to describe directions on a globe. Zonal means "along a latitude circle" or "in the east-west direction"; while meridional means "along a meridian" or "in the north-south direction".
Zond 3 Zond 3, a member of the Soviet Zond program, was the first Zond spacecraft to successfully complete its mission (a Lunar flyby) and took a number of amazing photographs for its time. It is believed that Zond 3 was initially designed as a companion spacecraft to Zond 2 to be launched to Mars during the 1964 launch window.
Zond 4 Zond 4, a member of the Soviet Zond program, was a short flight that was one of the first Soviet experiments towards manned lunar spaceflight. It was designed to test the space-worthiness of the new capsule and to gather data about flights in circumterrestrial space.
Zond 5 Zond 5, a member of the Soviet Union's Zond program, was launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (68-076B) in Earth parking orbit to make scientific studies during a lunar flyby and to return to Earth. On September 18, 1968, the spacecraft flew around the Moon.
Zond 6 Zond 6, a member of the Soviet Union's Zond program, was launched on a lunar flyby mission from a parent satellite (68-101B) in Earth parking orbit. The spacecraft, which carried scientific probes including cosmic ray and micrometeoroid detectors, photography equipment, and a biological payload, was a precursor to a manned circumlunar flight which the Soviets hoped could occur in December of 1968, beating the American Apollo 8.
Zond 7 Zond 7, a member of the Soviet Union's Zond program and the only truly successful test of the Soyuz 7K-L1, was launched towards the Moon from a mother spacecraft (69-067B) on a mission of further studies of the Moon and circumlunar space, to obtain colour photography of Earth and the Moon from varying distances, and to flight test the spacecraft systems. Earth photos were obtained on August 9, 1969.
Zond 8 Zond 8, a member of the Soviet Union's Zond program, was launched from an Earth orbiting platform, Tyazheliy Sputnik (70-088B), towards the Moon. The announced objectives were investigations of the moon and circumlunar space and testing of onboard systems and units.
Zonda wind Zonda wind (in Spanish, viento zonda) is a regional term for the föhn wind that often occurs on the eastern slope of the Andes, in Argentina. The Zonda is a dry wind (often carrying dust) which comes from the polar maritime air, warmed by descent from the crest, which is some 6,000 m (18,000 ft) above sea level.
Zondervan Zondervan is an international Christian media and publishing company, one of the four businesses founded by Dutch-Americans that have made Grand Rapids, Michigan into the USA's "Christian Publishing Capital," alongside Eerdmans, Baker Books, and Kregel. Zondervan is a founding member of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA).
Zone The word Zone (from Greek ζωνη) originally meant a belt, worn in various forms by ancient Greek men and women, as in the Orthodox priestly Zone (vestment). In Classical Antiquity, this was also extended to cover the idea of dividing the earth into latitudinal belts or Climes.
Zone (vestment) The Zone (Greek ζωνη) is a liturgical belt worn as a vestment by priests and bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is made of brocade with an embroidered or appliquéd cross in the center, with long ribbons at the ends for tying around the waist.
Zone 66 Zone 66 is a top down shooting video game released in 1993 for the PC, that initially was released using the Shareware model. The game involved controlling a number of aircraft over various landscapes destroying various targets.
Zone blitz The Zone Blitz is a common method of defensive pressure applied in American football, usually at the collegiate and professional levels. It exists in nearly limitless permutations, all of which share the common theme of confusing the offensive line by dropping pass-rushers into coverage, while at the same time blitzing players who would usually cover receivers.
Zone Bleue The Zone Bleue (French for Blue Zone) was a special traffic zone in the inner city of Paris in the decades after World War II. It was restricted to cars and lorries occupying less than 6m² floor space on the street.
Zone d'études et d'aménagement du territoire In 1967 the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), together with the French Commissariat général and DATAR (Délégation à l'aménagement du territoire et à l'action régionale) declared the nominal division of France into eight large regions. These were named Zones d'études et d'aménagement du territoire (Research and National Development Zones) or ZEAT.
Zone defense Zone defense is a type of defense used in sports which is the alternative to man-to-man defense; instead of each player guarding a corresponding player on the other team, each defensive player is given an area, or a "zone", to cover.
Zone Energy In the Japanese continuity of the Generation One Transformers fictional universe, Zone Energy (also known as Zodiac Energy) is an almost mystical power source of which little is known. It can cause destruction on a planetary level.
Zone file In computer networking, a zone file is a database element of the domain name system (DNS) used by BIND and other DNS server software. A zone file typically contains information that defines mappings between domain names and IP addresses and can also contain reverse mappings which can resolve IP addresses into domain names.
Zone Fantasy Zone Fantasy is a television film channel in Italy that features a raft of diverse programming, Zone Fantasy is targeted towards a mixed 16 - 45 year old demographic, and focuses on horror, fantasy, adventure and science fiction genres.
Zone Horror Zone Horror (formerly The Horror Channel) is a television film channel in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The channel shows horror movies and the channel states that it is the United Kingdom's first horror movie channel.
Zone melting Zone melting is a method of separation by melting in which a molten zone traverses a long ingot of impure metal or chemical. In its common use for purification, the molten region melts impure solid at its forward edge and leaves a wake of purer material solidified behind it as it moves through the ingot.
Zone of alienation The Zone of Alienation, which is variously referred to as The Chernobyl Zone, The 30 Kilometre Zone, The Zone of Exclusion, The Forbidden Zone or The Fourth Zone (Ukrainian official designation: Зона відчŃження ЧорнобильŃької ĐЕС, zona vidchuzhennya Chornobyl's'koyi AES, colloquially: ЧорнобильŃька зона, Chornobyl's'ka zona Đľr Четверта зона, Chetverta zona) is the 30-km exclusion zone around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster. Geographically, it includes northernmost parts of Kyivs'ka oblast' and Zhytomyrs'ka oblast' of Ukraine, and adjoins the country's border with Belarus.
Zone of control In board wargames, zones of control represent the tiles adjacent to tiles occupied by objects. For example, in hexagonal tiled maps, the six hexagons adjacent to the hexagon occupied by a unit would be considered to be in its "zone of control.
Zone of proximal development Lev Vygotsky's notion of zone of proximal development (зона ближайŃего развития), often abbreviated ZPD, is the gap between a learner's current or actual development level determined by independent problem-solving and the learner's emerging or potential level of development. Vygotsky's often quoted definition of zone of proximal development presents it as the distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance, or in collaboration with more capable peers (Vygotsky, 1978, p.
Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN) is a declaration signed by the Foreign Ministers of the ASEAN member states (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand) on 27 November 1971 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Zone of Possible Agreement The zone of possible agreement (ZOPA), in sales and negotiations, describes the intellectual zone between two parties where an agreement can be met which both parties can agree to. Within this zone, an agreement is possible.
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner (Japanese title Anubis: Zone of the Enders) is a video game that was developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 in 2003. The sequel to Zone of the Enders, the game was produced by, and is closely associated with, Hideo Kojima.
Zone system The zone system is a unique approach to film exposure and development invented by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer in 1939 or 1940. The zone system provides photographers with a systematic method of precisely defining the relationship between the way they see the photographic subject and the results they achieve in their finished works.
ZoneAlarm ZoneAlarm is a software firewall produced by Check Point. It includes an inbound intrusion detection system, as well as the ability to control which programs can create outbound connection — the latter is not included in the Windows XP Service Pack 2 firewall.
Zoneinfo The zoneinfo database, also called the tz database, is a collaborative compilation of information about the world's time zones, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems. It is sometimes referred to as the Olson database after its prominent founding contributor Arthur David Olson.
Zoids: Chaotic Century Zoids: Chaotic Century is the first of five anime series based on the Zoids range of mecha model kits produced by TOMY. Although the first series to be produced for the franchise in Japan, Chaotic Century was the second series to be dubbed and aired in Western nations, following Zoids: New Century Zero.
Zoilo Versalles Zoilo Casanova Versalles Rodriguez (December 18 1939 - June 9 1995) was a Cuban shortstop in Major League Baseball, considered to be a great fielder, solid leadoff man, and a brilliant baserunner. He was the sparkplug that led the 1965 Twins to their first World Series.
Zoisite Zoisite is a calcium aluminium hydroxy sorosilicate belonging to the epidote group of minerals. Zoisite is named after the Slovene scientist Baron Sigmund Zois von Edelstein (Žiga Zois), who realized that this was an unknown mineral when it was brought to him by the mineral dealer Simon Prešern, who had discovered it in the Saualpe mountains (Svinška planina) of Carinthia in 1805.
Zoji Zoji is a social networking website that provides the basis for sharing a vast array of user-submitted information. In addition to the usual social networking website provisions such as blogs, groups, photos, and music, Zoji differentiates itself from other social networking services by including restaurant and entertainment reviews and information, advanced event hosting and picture sharing, and by its non-corporate nature and commitment to users.
Zojirushi Corporation The Zojirushi Corporation ( ZĹŤjirushi MahĹŤbin Kabushiki Gaisha) is a Japanese multinational manufacturer and marketer of vacuum flasks and consumer electronics including electric water boilers and rice cookers. It has a branch in South Korea and subsidiary companies in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States.
Zoketsu Norman Fischer Zoketsu Norman Fischer (1946 - present) is a Jewish-American Soto Zen Buddhist priest. Norman practiced at San Francisco Zen Center for three decades where he served in many positions including co-abbot, a position he held from 1995 to 2000 when he retired.
Zoki Games Zoki Games is a unique set of cards that can be used to play dozens of different games in the Zoki system. The Zoki cards have colored stripes on them and can be mixed and matched to form different patterns, not unlike dominos.
Zokko Zokko was the name given to the anthropomorphic pinball machine that acted as the presenter of the eponymous BBC television programme for children than ran on Saturday mornings between 1969 and 1971. Devised by veteran children's TV producer Molly Cox and featuring animations and film clips, the programme is regarded as "the first televised children's comic" (The Independent 7 November, 1991 p 35).
Zokwang Trading Zokwang Trading Company is a North Korean state-run import-export business based out of Zhuhai, China.No Cut News 2005-12-20 It was founded in 1974 in Macau, then a colony of Portugal, soon after the new Portuguese government installed by the Carnation Revolution established diplomatic relations with North Korea.
Zola Budd Zola Pieterse, still better known by her maiden name of Zola Budd (born May 26, 1966 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State in South Africa), is a former Olympic track and field competitor who, within a period of less than three years, twice broke the world record in the women's 5000 meters, and twice was the women's winner at the World Cross Country Championships. Budd's career as a pioneer in women's distance running was as unusual as it was meteoric, in that she trained and raced barefoot.
Zolazepam Zolazepam is a benzodiazepine derivative used as an anaesthetic for a wide range of animals in veterinary medicine. Zolazepam is usually administered in combination with other drugs such as the NMDA antagonist Tiletamine or the alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist Xylazine, depending on what purpose it is being used for.
Zollernalbkreis The Zollernalbkreis is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) TĂĽbingen, Reutlingen, Sigmaringen, Tuttlingen, Rottweil and Freudenstadt.
Zollikon Seminars The Zollikon Seminars were a series of philosophical seminars delivered between 1959 and 1969 by the German philosopher Martin Heidegger at the home of Swiss psychiatrist Medard Boss. The topic of the seminars was Heidegger's ontology and phenomenology as it pertained to the theory and praxis of medicine, psychology, psychiatry and psychotherapy.
Zollkriminalamt The German Customs Investigation Bureau in Cologne (Zollkriminalamt - ZKA) and its investigation offices are federal agencies that fall under the German Finance Ministry. The ZKA coordinates customs investigations nationwide in particular monitoring foreign trade, uncovering violations of EU market regulations, illegal technology exports, subsidy fraud in the agricultural sector, drug trafficking and money laundering.
Zollner illusion The Zollner illusion is a classic optical illusion named after its discoverer, German astrophysicist Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner. In 1860, Zöllner sent his discovery in a letter to physicist and scholar J.
Zollverein Zollverein (German for "customs union") or German Customs Union was formed between the 39 states of the German Confederation in 1834 during the Industrial Revolution to remove internal customs barriers, although upholding a protectionist tariff system with foreign trade partners. The main ideological contributor behind the customs union was Friedrich List, an economist holding mercantilist and protectionist views.
Zolmitriptan Zolmitriptan is an oral, selective 5-hydroxytryptamine 1B/1D (5-HT 1B/1D ) receptor agonist. It is a second-generation triptan, for acute treatment of migraine attacks with or without aura and cluster headaches.
Zolo Azania Zolo Agona Azania (Born Rufus Averhart) is an artist and New Afrikan activist from Gary, Indiana who is currently incarcerated in Michigan City, Indiana for his alleged role in the August 11th, 1981 robbery of the Gary National Bank and the subsequent shooting death of Gary Police Lt. and Purple Heart recipient George Yaros.
Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer is an indie rock band that originated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania through core members Vince Ratti and Rachel Minton alongside a young Anthony Green. Their music is typically identified with the pop rock genre and is heavily structured and influenced by pop music.
Zoloti Vorota (Kiev Metro) Zoloti Vorota ( ) is one of the most famous stations on the Kiev Metro. Named after the Golden Gates historical structure, the station is arguabely one of the most stunning achievements in late Soviet architecture.
Zolotonosha Zolotonosha () is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It is located at around , the city serves as the administrative center of the Zolotoniskyi Raion (district), however the city itself is also designated as a separate district within the oblast.
Zoltan Crişan Zoltan Crişan, (born May 25, 1955 in Oradea, Romania - died October 14, 2003 in Craiova, Romania), was a Romanian football player, who played for FC Baia Mare (1972 - 1974), Universitatea Craiova (1974 - 1984), FC Bihor Oradea (1984 - 1985), FC Olt (1985 - 1986) and Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea (1986 -1987)
Zoltan Kosz Zoltán Kosz (born November 26, 1967 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kosz also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team placed 4th.
Zoltan Lunka Zoltan Lunka (born May 22, 1970 in Mircurea Nira, Romania) was a professional boxer, who won a Flyweight Bronze Medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Germany. A year earlier, at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, he captured the world title.
Zoltan Paulinyi Zoltan Paulinyi (Belo Horizonte - Brazil, 1977), brazilian composer, modern and baroque violinist, one of the founders of MUSICOOP String Orchestra. After undergraduating in Physics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1999), he started to dedicate his life to music, both in performance and teaching.
Zoltan Szecsi Zoltán Szecsi (born December 22, 1977 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed Szecska, and made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1998.
Zoltán Dani Colonel Zoltán Dani () was the ethnic Hungarian commander of a Serbian anti-aircraft battery which shot down a United States Air Force F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter on March 27, 1999, the only F-117 ever lost in combat.
Zoltán Kővágó Zoltán Kővágó (born April 10, 1979) is a Hungarian discus thrower. At the 2004 Olympic Games he initially won the bronze medal, but was promoted to silver when countryfellow Róbert Fazekas was disqualified following a doping rule violation.
Zoltán Szilágyi Zoltán Szilágyi (born June 21, 1967 in Budapest) is a former freestyle swimmer from Hungary, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. He missed the 1996 Summer Olympics, and ended his career after the Sydney Games in 2000.
Zoltán Tildy Zoltán Tildy (Losonc, November 18, 1889 – Budapest, August 3, 1961) was an influential leader of Hungary, who served as Prime Minister from 1945-1946 and President from 1946-1948 in the post-war period before the seizure of power by Soviet-backed communists.
Zolty Cracker Zolty Cracker, out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada are Gilles Zolty (lead vocals, guitar), Annie Wilkinson (bass, accordion, vocals) and Wayne Adams (drums, percussion, harmonica, vocals). From 1989 to 1997 they toured Canada, the United States and Europe playing what has been termed motor folk: raw, electro-acoustic, melodic.
Zolwerknapp Zolwerknapp (German: Zolver Knapp) is a hill in the commune of Sanem, in south-western Luxembourg. It is 422 metres tall, and lies just to the north-west of Soleuvre (Zolwer in Luxembourgish and German, hence the name of the hill).
Zomba Choir The Zomba Choir was a bogus musical group composed of Jive employees, created solely to increase the number of eligible voters for the grammy nominations. Their only CD was titled "Miracle on West 25th Street", an EP.
Zombi (band) Zombi are a progressive duo from Chicago (originally from Pittsburgh), consisting of Steve Moore on bass and synthesizers and AE Paterra on drums, making use of looping to create multilayered compositions. They have toured with Orthrelm, Daughters, Red Sparowes, These Arms Are Snakes and The Abandoned Hearts Club.
Zombi 2 The best-known of Lucio Fulci's films, Zombi 2 (also known as Zombie, Island of the Living Dead, Zombie Flesh Eaters, and Woodoo) sparked an obsession with zombie films across Europe and made Fulci a horror icon. Upon its release in 1979, the film was ridiculed for having no connection to the original Zombi and was scorned for its extremely bloody content, yet the film was a tremendous success.
Zombi 3 Zombi 3 (known as Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 in the UK) is the in-name-only 1988 followup to Zombi 2, itself an unofficial sequel to 1979's Dawn of the Dead (released in Italy as Zombi). Beyond its title, Zombi 3 has little to no relation with the characters or plotlines of Zombi, Zombi 2 or in fact any subsequent "Zombi" films.
Zombia Zombia antillarum (usually latanye zombi or latanye pikan in Haiti, guanito or guanillo in the Dominican Republic) is the sole species in the genus Zombia a palm, endemic to the island of Hispaniola. Trees have short clustered stems with persistent leaf bases and palmately compound leaves.
Zombie A zombie is purportedly a dead person whose body has been re-animated. Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodoun (Voodoo), where zombies are humans who have had their "Ti Bon Ange" (Creole from the French "petit bon ange", or "little good angel") or soul stolen by supernatural means or shamanic medicine, and who thus lack free will and are forced to work as uncomplaining slaves for a "zombie master", typically on plantations.
Zombie (Marvel Comics) The Zombie is a fictional supernatural character in the Marvel Comics universe, who starred in the black-and-white, horror-comic magazine series Tales of the Zombie (1973-1975). The character had originated 20 years earlier in the standalone story "Zombie" by Stan Lee and Bill Everett, published in the horror-anthology comic book Menace #5 (July 1953) from Marvel forerunner Atlas Comics.
Zombie (song) "Zombie" is a protest song by the Irish band The Cranberries from the 1994 album No Need to Argue. It is about the conflicts in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles, with references to the Easter Rising of 1916.
Zombie ball The zombie ball is a magic illusion in which a metal sphere on a small pedestal is covered with a silk cloth, and appears to levitate upwards carrying the cloth with it. The magician continues to hold two corners of the cloth.
Zombie cocktail The Zombie is an exceptionally strong cocktail made of fruit juices, liqueurs, and various rums, so named for its perceived effects upon the drinker. It first appeared in the late 1930s, invented by Donn Beach (formerly Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gannt) of Hollywood's Don the Beachcomber restaurant.
Zombie comedy The zombie comedy, also called zomedy (portmanteau), is an emerging film genre which aims to blend zombie horror motifs with slapstick comedy. Examples include Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead, Andrew Currie's Fido, and arguably the inventor of the genre, Peter Jackson's Braindead.
Zombie computer A zombie computer, abbreviated zombie, is a computer attached to the Internet that has been compromised by a security cracker, a computer virus, or a trojan horse. Generally, a compromised machine is only one of many in a "botnet", and will be used to perform malicious tasks of one sort or another under remote direction.
Zombie Hotel Zombie Hotel is an animated children's program about a hotel run by zombies, produced by French production company Alphanim, and shown internationally. The main characters are Fungus and Maggot, two small zombies who have to say they are human to get into their local school.
Zombie Nightmare Zombie Nightmare is a 1986 zombie movie directed by Jack Bravman and filmed in the suburbs of Montreal, Canada starring Jon Mikl Thor. The plot, in brief: A musclebound teenage baseball player gets run over by a car driven by a bunch of teenagers.
Zombie process On Unix operating systems, a zombie process or defunct process is a process that has completed execution but still has an entry in the process table, allowing the process that started it to read its exit status. The term zombie process derives from the common definition of zombie—an undead person.
Zombie Planet Zombie Planet is a 2004 independent film. The premise is that in 2008, to "cash in" on the low carb diet craze, pharmaceutical scientists develop an enzyme called dopatrihydrozine, or "carb crave killer".
Zombie Revenge Zombie Revenge is an arcade and Dreamcast video game released in 1999, one that falls squarely in the beat 'em up genre. Armed with their fists, feet, and whatever weapons they should find along the way, players are tasked with ridding an unnamed city of zombies that look more or less like the ones in House of the Dead.
Zombie walk A zombie walk (also known as a zombie march) is an organized public gathering of two or more people who dress up in zombie costumes. Usually taking place in an urban centre, the participants make their way around the city streets and through shopping malls in a somewhat orderly fashion and often limping and gnawing their way towards a local cemetery or other public space.
Zombie Zone Zombie Zone, known as The Oneechanbara in Japan, is an action game in D3's Simple 2000 series for the PlayStation 2. The hack and slash gameplay is reminiscent of Koei's Dynasty Warriors series, but involves the player controlling Aya, a Japanese cowgirl in a bikini who wears a scarf and wields a katana.
Zombiegeddon Zombiegeddon is a 2003 cult film directed by Chris Watson. The horror/comedy, distributed by Troma Films, follows two bad cops (played by Ari Bavel and Charles Messina (aka Paul Darrigo)) who find themselves engaged in a battle against evil Hellspawn.
ZombieMUD ZombieMUD is a Multi-User Dungeon which is based in Oulu, Finland. Its central theme revolves around all things medieval fantasy in nature, and has gathered an eclectic mix of both Player and Non-Player Characters (NPC) since its initial creation in 1994.
Zombies Ate My Neighbors Zombies Ate My Neighbors is a run and gun video game for the Super NES and Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis platforms. The game was produced by LucasArts as a comical tribute to both classic and schlocky horror films of the 1950s and 1960s.
Zombies in the Snow Zombies in the Snow is a fictional film presented as the last movie created by the fictional film director Dr. Gustav Sebald before his death in the children's novel series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket (a.
Zombies of the Stratosphere Zombies of the Stratosphere (Republic Studios, 1952) was intended as the second serial featuring new hero Commando Cody and the third 12-chapter serial featuring the rocket-powered flying suit introduced in King of the Rocket Men (1949).
Zombietime zombietime is an online photo archive that has become well known for documenting anti-war demonstrations and other left-wing public protests, as well as for analyzing controversial claims made by the media. It is maintained by zombie, an pseudonymous photographer who is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Zombietiming Zombietiming is to thoroughly, impartially, and logically analyze publicly available information in order to reach a conclusion consistent with the truth, usually as opposed to a conclusion as presented by a biased or poorly verified news source.
Zome The term "zome" is used in two senses, though both are related. A zome in the original sense is a building using unusual geometries (different from the standard house or other building which is essentially one or a series of rectangular boxes).
Zomi Zomi is the name of an ethnic group of people that occupy Northwest Burma, Northeast India, and Northeast Bangladesh, and normally known as Lushai, Chin and Kuki to the outsiders. However, a single name "Chin" or "Lushai" or "Kuki" has technical limitation within its own context, since the Mizo (Lushai), the Kuki, the Bawmzo and other ethnic groups would not normally accept a single identity collectively.
Zomi National Congress The Zomi National Congress (ZNC) is the name of a political party in Myanmar, registered in 1988. It was permitted to function as a political organization until 1992, when the Myanmar military government abolished the party, and banned it from all political movements.
Zona BoĂŞmia The Zona BoĂŞmia is a loosely defined term for a region in the commercial centre of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, noted for its abundancy of bars, brothels, sex theatres and motels, and many consider it the city's red light district.
Zona da Mata (coastal) In northeastern Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte, ParaĂba,Pernambuco, and Bahia), the Zona da Mata (in Portuguese, "forest zone") refers to the narrow coastal plain between the Atlantic Ocean and the dry regions of the agreste and sertĂŁo.
Zona limitans intrathalamica The zona limitans intrathalamica (ZLI) is a transverse boundary located between the prethalamus (previously also known as ventral thalamus) and the functional distinct thalamus (dorsal thalamus ). Besides its morphological characteristics, it bears the hallmarks of a signalling centre.
Zona Rosa The Zona Rosa (Pink Zone) is the name used to refer to a part of Colonia Juarez in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City on one side of Paseo de la Reforma. This part of Mexico City received its name because of the many buildings painted on wonderful shades of pink.
Zona Rosa (Kansas City) Zona Rosa is an approximately 500,000 square feet, mixed-use (retail, office and residential) development located in Kansas City, Platte County, Missouri. The project opened in 2004 and is expected to be expanded by an additional 500,000 square feet by early 2008.
Zonal flow Zonal flow is a meteorological term meaning that the general flow pattern is west to east along the earth's latitude lines (the opposite of meridional flow). Extratropical cyclones in this environment tend to be weaker, moving faster and producing relatively little impact on local weather.
Zonal Informatics Olympiad The Zonal Informatics Olympiad is the first of the three stages of the Indian Computing Olympiad, or ICO. The ICO selects approximately 30 students for a National level camp, the International Olympiad in Informatics Training Camp, from where 4 students are selected to represent India at the International Olympiad in Informatics.
Zonal marking Zonal marking is a defensive strategy used in football (soccer), where defenders cover an area of the pitch rather than marking a specific opponent. If an opponent moves into the area a defender is covering, the defender marks the opponent.
Zonal-meridional The terms zonal and meridional are used to describe directions on a globe. Zonal means "along a latitude circle" or "in the east-west direction"; while meridional means "along a meridian" or "in the north-south direction".
Zond 3 Zond 3, a member of the Soviet Zond program, was the first Zond spacecraft to successfully complete its mission (a Lunar flyby) and took a number of amazing photographs for its time. It is believed that Zond 3 was initially designed as a companion spacecraft to Zond 2 to be launched to Mars during the 1964 launch window.
Zond 4 Zond 4, a member of the Soviet Zond program, was a short flight that was one of the first Soviet experiments towards manned lunar spaceflight. It was designed to test the space-worthiness of the new capsule and to gather data about flights in circumterrestrial space.
Zond 5 Zond 5, a member of the Soviet Union's Zond program, was launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (68-076B) in Earth parking orbit to make scientific studies during a lunar flyby and to return to Earth. On September 18, 1968, the spacecraft flew around the Moon.
Zond 6 Zond 6, a member of the Soviet Union's Zond program, was launched on a lunar flyby mission from a parent satellite (68-101B) in Earth parking orbit. The spacecraft, which carried scientific probes including cosmic ray and micrometeoroid detectors, photography equipment, and a biological payload, was a precursor to a manned circumlunar flight which the Soviets hoped could occur in December of 1968, beating the American Apollo 8.
Zond 7 Zond 7, a member of the Soviet Union's Zond program and the only truly successful test of the Soyuz 7K-L1, was launched towards the Moon from a mother spacecraft (69-067B) on a mission of further studies of the Moon and circumlunar space, to obtain colour photography of Earth and the Moon from varying distances, and to flight test the spacecraft systems. Earth photos were obtained on August 9, 1969.
Zond 8 Zond 8, a member of the Soviet Union's Zond program, was launched from an Earth orbiting platform, Tyazheliy Sputnik (70-088B), towards the Moon. The announced objectives were investigations of the moon and circumlunar space and testing of onboard systems and units.
Zonda wind Zonda wind (in Spanish, viento zonda) is a regional term for the föhn wind that often occurs on the eastern slope of the Andes, in Argentina. The Zonda is a dry wind (often carrying dust) which comes from the polar maritime air, warmed by descent from the crest, which is some 6,000 m (18,000 ft) above sea level.
Zondervan Zondervan is an international Christian media and publishing company, one of the four businesses founded by Dutch-Americans that have made Grand Rapids, Michigan into the USA's "Christian Publishing Capital," alongside Eerdmans, Baker Books, and Kregel. Zondervan is a founding member of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA).
Zone The word Zone (from Greek ζωνη) originally meant a belt, worn in various forms by ancient Greek men and women, as in the Orthodox priestly Zone (vestment). In Classical Antiquity, this was also extended to cover the idea of dividing the earth into latitudinal belts or Climes.
Zone (vestment) The Zone (Greek ζωνη) is a liturgical belt worn as a vestment by priests and bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is made of brocade with an embroidered or appliquéd cross in the center, with long ribbons at the ends for tying around the waist.
Zone 66 Zone 66 is a top down shooting video game released in 1993 for the PC, that initially was released using the Shareware model. The game involved controlling a number of aircraft over various landscapes destroying various targets.
Zone blitz The Zone Blitz is a common method of defensive pressure applied in American football, usually at the collegiate and professional levels. It exists in nearly limitless permutations, all of which share the common theme of confusing the offensive line by dropping pass-rushers into coverage, while at the same time blitzing players who would usually cover receivers.
Zone Bleue The Zone Bleue (French for Blue Zone) was a special traffic zone in the inner city of Paris in the decades after World War II. It was restricted to cars and lorries occupying less than 6m² floor space on the street.
Zone d'études et d'aménagement du territoire In 1967 the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), together with the French Commissariat général and DATAR (Délégation à l'aménagement du territoire et à l'action régionale) declared the nominal division of France into eight large regions. These were named Zones d'études et d'aménagement du territoire (Research and National Development Zones) or ZEAT.
Zone defense Zone defense is a type of defense used in sports which is the alternative to man-to-man defense; instead of each player guarding a corresponding player on the other team, each defensive player is given an area, or a "zone", to cover.
Zone Energy In the Japanese continuity of the Generation One Transformers fictional universe, Zone Energy (also known as Zodiac Energy) is an almost mystical power source of which little is known. It can cause destruction on a planetary level.
Zone file In computer networking, a zone file is a database element of the domain name system (DNS) used by BIND and other DNS server software. A zone file typically contains information that defines mappings between domain names and IP addresses and can also contain reverse mappings which can resolve IP addresses into domain names.
Zone Fantasy Zone Fantasy is a television film channel in Italy that features a raft of diverse programming, Zone Fantasy is targeted towards a mixed 16 - 45 year old demographic, and focuses on horror, fantasy, adventure and science fiction genres.
Zone Horror Zone Horror (formerly The Horror Channel) is a television film channel in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The channel shows horror movies and the channel states that it is the United Kingdom's first horror movie channel.
Zone melting Zone melting is a method of separation by melting in which a molten zone traverses a long ingot of impure metal or chemical. In its common use for purification, the molten region melts impure solid at its forward edge and leaves a wake of purer material solidified behind it as it moves through the ingot.
Zone of alienation The Zone of Alienation, which is variously referred to as The Chernobyl Zone, The 30 Kilometre Zone, The Zone of Exclusion, The Forbidden Zone or The Fourth Zone (Ukrainian official designation: Зона відчŃження ЧорнобильŃької ĐЕС, zona vidchuzhennya Chornobyl's'koyi AES, colloquially: ЧорнобильŃька зона, Chornobyl's'ka zona Đľr Четверта зона, Chetverta zona) is the 30-km exclusion zone around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster. Geographically, it includes northernmost parts of Kyivs'ka oblast' and Zhytomyrs'ka oblast' of Ukraine, and adjoins the country's border with Belarus.
Zone of control In board wargames, zones of control represent the tiles adjacent to tiles occupied by objects. For example, in hexagonal tiled maps, the six hexagons adjacent to the hexagon occupied by a unit would be considered to be in its "zone of control.
Zone of proximal development Lev Vygotsky's notion of zone of proximal development (зона ближайŃего развития), often abbreviated ZPD, is the gap between a learner's current or actual development level determined by independent problem-solving and the learner's emerging or potential level of development. Vygotsky's often quoted definition of zone of proximal development presents it as the distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance, or in collaboration with more capable peers (Vygotsky, 1978, p.
Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN) is a declaration signed by the Foreign Ministers of the ASEAN member states (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand) on 27 November 1971 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Zone of Possible Agreement The zone of possible agreement (ZOPA), in sales and negotiations, describes the intellectual zone between two parties where an agreement can be met which both parties can agree to. Within this zone, an agreement is possible.
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner (Japanese title Anubis: Zone of the Enders) is a video game that was developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 in 2003. The sequel to Zone of the Enders, the game was produced by, and is closely associated with, Hideo Kojima.
Zone system The zone system is a unique approach to film exposure and development invented by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer in 1939 or 1940. The zone system provides photographers with a systematic method of precisely defining the relationship between the way they see the photographic subject and the results they achieve in their finished works.
ZoneAlarm ZoneAlarm is a software firewall produced by Check Point. It includes an inbound intrusion detection system, as well as the ability to control which programs can create outbound connection — the latter is not included in the Windows XP Service Pack 2 firewall.
Zoneinfo The zoneinfo database, also called the tz database, is a collaborative compilation of information about the world's time zones, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems. It is sometimes referred to as the Olson database after its prominent founding contributor Arthur David Olson.
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