zoning

n. division into areas; act of encircling; act of homing in on; municipal regulations that regulate the kind and size of buildings that can be built and activities taken on in particular areas

v. divide into areas; encircle; home in on, track

Zoning is a term used in urban planning for a system of land-use regulation in various parts of the world, including North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The word is derived from the practice of designating permitted uses of land based on mapped zones which separate one set of land uses from another.
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Noun
1. dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc
(hypernym) division, partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation
(member-holonym) city planning, town planning, urban planning

Noun
1. a circumscribed geographical region characterized by some distinctive features
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
(hyponym) island
(derivation) district
2. any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude
(synonym) geographical zone
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
(hyponym) climatic zone
3. an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic
(hypernym) region, part
(hyponym) combat zone, combat area
(derivation) partition
4. (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure
(synonym) zona
(hypernym) structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
(hyponym) zona pellucida
(classification) anatomy, general anatomy
Verb
1. regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
(synonym) district
(hypernym) regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
2. separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off"
(synonym) partition
(hypernym) separate, divide
(hyponym) screen off, separate off

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