A structural feature of an automobile/motor car designed to compress during an accident and absorb impact energy.

A range of longitudes where a common standard time is used.

A geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities, see also Restricted Area.

(American football) A zone between the defensive line of scrimmage and the offensive line of scrimmage.

An airspace in which aircraft, especially military aircraft, are forbidden to fly.

(baseball) The area through which if a pitched ball passes, it will be called a strike, typically from the batter's knees to the belt and the width of home plate.

zone melting

(physics, chemistry) A technique used to purify a metal, semiconductor or other solid in which a heating system slowly causes a series of molten zones to traverse the solid, leaving purer material behind it.

The region, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, characterised by a hot and humid climate; the tropics.

(geography) The part of the Earth between the geographical South Pole and the Antarctic Circle.