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单词 zoning
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zoningn.

Brit. /ˈzəʊnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈzoʊnɪŋ/, West African English /ˈzonin/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: zone v.
Etymology: < zone v.
1. Dividing into zones.
ΘΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > division into zones or sectors
zoninga1821
sectorization1962
the world > matter > colour > variegation > ring of colour > [noun] > marking
zoning1888
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > restricted to designated areas
zoning1942
a1821 J. Keats Hyperion (new ed.) 15 in Misc. Philobiblon Soc. (1856–7) III Not so much air As in the zoning of a summer's day.
1888 Nature 5 July 225 What Mr. Lockyer has called the zoning of colour in the heavens.
1904 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 220 The zoning of the strata.
1942 Times 5 June 2/3 Further steps, including the zoning of the distribution of manufactured goods..are being investigated by the Ministry.
1945 Daily Tel. 17 May 5/7 In the zoning of Germany the United States Navy has been allotted the ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven.
1946 How Britain was fed in War Time (H.M.S.O.) iii. 22 The transport of food from production or import points to wholesalers' stores was effected by ‘zoning’ schemes... The country was divided into..zones, and movement between different zones..was allowed only by permit.
1968 New York City (Michelin) 16 After the First World War... A new zoning law regulated the height of buildings in relation to the width of the streets.
2. (Town-)Planning. The regulation of land use by particular planning restrictions in designated areas. Originally U.S.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [noun] > town-planning or development > dividing into or assigning to specific areas
zoning1912
rezoning1918
spot zoning1927
remap1930
downzoning1961
1912 Proc. 4th Nat. Conference City Planning 190 In view of..existing indirect zoning laws, why not add some of the building laws in force in Frankfurt-on-the-Main?
1914 Proc. 6th Nat. Conference City Planning 92 The well-established principle of zoning that has been in operation for a generation or more in that country [sc. Germany].
1921 Glasgow Herald 25 Mar. 8/3Zoning’ means the locating of industries in the areas which are best suited for them and the reserving for housing of districts best adapted for this purpose.
1940 R. Graves & A. Hodge Long Week-end xi. 175 The Town-Planning Act of 1932 perpetuated this cleavage... Now there was ‘zoning’..segregating families according to their incomes.
1943 J. S. Huxley TVA 31 Some States have introduced compulsory ‘agricultural zoning’ by which certain types of farming are prohibited in certain areas.
1966 R. F. Babcock (title) The zoning game: municipal practices and policies.
1978 J. A. Michener Chesapeake xiii. 830 Crossing over to the rivers south of Annapolis,..Chris had a chance to see how lack of zoning and policing had encouraged this shoreline to become a marine slum.

Draft additions December 2019

Nigerian English. The system or practice of allocating nominations for certain political offices to candidates from particular regions, as part of an unofficial power-sharing arrangement within a political party, intended to produce balanced regional representation. [With this sense compare later zone v. Additions.]
ΚΠ
1977 Great Deb. vi. 334 On the question of zoning in the presidential election, the country is divided into two major zones, A and B i. e. the north and the south.
2019 Sun (Nigeria) (Nexis) 5 Feb. The variable that will play a dominant role in the governorship election is zoning.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

> as lemmas

ˈzoning
ˈzoning adj.
ΘΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective]
circumjacent1490
circumstant1545
circumvoisin1548
environing?a1560
encompassing1571
ambient1572
succingent1578
embracing1590
circling1594
girdling1598
circumdant1600
rounding1600
all round?1611
circumferent1620
circumsistent1625
circuiting1632
circulating1632
encircling1632
surrounding1637
begirting1645
circumambient1648
circumstantial1650
girding1658
skirtingc1735
entwining1737
circumadjacent1780
belting1808
engirdling1843
encyclic1850
engirding1852
zoning1853
roundaboutc1860
begirding1877
wraparound1957
1853 A. Smith Life Drama ii When first they clasped a Son of God..In zoning heaven of their milky arms.
1865 Ld. Tennyson On a Mourner v When the zoning eve has died.
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n.a1821
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