单词 | zoning |
释义 | zoningn. 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. 8/3 ‘Zoning’ 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 lemmasˈzoning 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. < n.a1821 as lemmas |
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