Neutral zone

Neutral zone

Neutral zone may refer to:

In sports:

  • Neutral zone (American football), the length of the football from one tip to the other in American football
  • Neutral zone (ice hockey), zone between the blue lines in ice hockey
  • A non-competitive segment of a few miles at the beginning of a bicycle race

In Star Trek:

  • Neutral zone (pinball), target in the Star Trek: The Next Generation pinball game
  • Neutral zone (Star Trek), "buffer zone" between the territories of two different powers in the fictional Star Trek universe
  • "The Neutral Zone" (TNG episode), the finale of the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation

In geography:

  • Saudi–Iraqi neutral zone, area of 7,044 km² on the border between Saudi Arabia and Iraq, abolished 1991
  • Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone, area of 5,770 km² between the borders of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait left undefined, abolished 1970

In other fields:

  • Neutral zone (control theory), concept in control theory
  • A short segment of railway track on which electric trains operate but which lacks the overhead lines that power them. Residual momentum is required for such trains to cross a neutral zone.

See also


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  • neutral zone — nejautrumo zona statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. dead band; dead zone; neutral zone vok. neutrale Zone, f; tote Zone, f; Totzone, f rus. зона нечувствительности, f; мёртвая зона , f pranc. zone d insensibilité, f; zone non sensible …   Automatikos terminų žodynas

  • Neutral zone — Transition zone Tran*si tion zone (Biogeography) The zone lying between the Boreal and Sonoran zones of North America. It includes an eastern or humid subdivision and a western arid one of corresponding temperature comprising the northern Great… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Neutral zone (American football) — In American football, the neutral zone can be described as the length of the football from one tip to the other when it is spotted (i.e. placed on a certain spot) on the field during a scrimmage down and the area between the two free kick lines… …   Wikipedia

  • Neutral zone trap — In this diagram, the red team is executing a neutral zone trap resulting in the blue team dumping the puck. The neutral zone trap (often referred to as simply the trap) is a defensive strategy used in ice hockey to prevent an opposing team from… …   Wikipedia

  • neutral zone control — valdymas su nejautrumo zona statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. neutral zone control vok. Regelung mit Unempfindlichkeitsbereich, f rus. управление с зоной нечувствительности, n pranc. régulation à zone d insensibilité, f …   Automatikos terminų žodynas

  • neutral-zone infraction — noun an infraction in which a football player, on defense, gets into or crosses the neutral zone before the snap, causing an offensive player to false start. The penalty is against the defense, not the offense …   Wiktionary

  • neutral zone — noun a) zone between the defensive line of scrimmage and the offensive line of scrimmage. b) zone on the playing surface between the attacking zone and the defending zone as delineated by the two blue lines. Syn: center zone, center ice …   Wiktionary

  • neutral zone — Ice Hockey. the area of a rink between the two blue lines. Cf. end zone (def. 2). [1900 05, in sense zone between the two scrimmage lines in football ] * * * …   Universalium

  • neutral zone — the potential space between the lips and cheeks on one side and the tongue on the other, natural or artificial teeth in this zone being subject to equal and opposite forces from the surrounding musculature …   Medical dictionary

  • neutral zone — noun Date: 1948 the portion of an ice hockey rink between the attacking and defensive zones …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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