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Attacking Zone: Is that portion of the rink farthest from the defended goal. So that area closest to your opponentís goal is the attacking zone.

Zones: Three areas made up by the two blue lines; the attacking zone is the area farthest from the goal a player is defending; the neutral zone is the central area; the defending zone is the area w . . . View Full Definition

Clearing The Zone: When a defending player sends the puck out of the opponent's attacking zone, all the attacking players must leave or clear the zone to avoid being called offsides when the puck reenters the zone.

Surf Zone: An area of breaking waves bounded by the point of first breakers, then landward to the maximum uprush of waves on the beach.

Sunlight Zone: See Photic Zone.

Subduction Zone: An area at a convergent plate boundary where an oceanic plate is being forced down into the mantle beneath another plate. These can be identified by a zone of progressively deeper earthquakes.

Target Heart Rate Zone: The number of heartbeats per minute reflecting the exercise intensity that gains the maximum training benefits from an aerobic workout. The formula for obtaining a target heart rate equals 2 . . . View Full Definition

Target Zone Arrangement: In the context of takeovers, the price at which an acquirer aims to buy a target firm. In the context of options, the price of the underlying security at which an option will become in the m . . . View Full Definition

Twilight Zone: See Mesopelagic Zone.

Wash Zone: The depth zone in which sediments are disturbed by wave action near the shoreline