A zone can be an area delimited based on various criteria. For example: downtown area, industrial area, etc.
Area is a noun that is used to describe both a significant extension of surface that is in the form of a strip or band as well as the portion of a land or surface that is delimited ; the territorial extension whose limits depend on issues related to politics and administrations ; already a strip or list .
According to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) , the term derives from the Latin language. However, it must be emphasized that its most distant etymological origin is found in Greek and more precisely in the term ζώνη whose meaning was belt , sash or girdle.
What is a zone
From the perspective of geography , the zones are each of the five portions into which the earth's surface is segmented as a result of the tropics and the polar circles.
However, in this geographical-political sense we also have to emphasize that there are other criteria when establishing various areas of this type. In this way, it is common to talk about the Euro Zone or Eurozone , which is made up of all those countries of the Old Continent that are part of the European Union and that have adopted the euro as an official currency.
This fact gives rise, therefore, to the creation of a monetary union of which nations such as Italy , Spain , France , Germany , Portugal , Austria and Luxembourg are currently part.
In the Euro Zone, the euro is the common currency.
The term in geometry and medicine
In the field of geometry , on the other hand, zone is understood as that part of the surface of a sphere that is delimited by two parallel planes .
The concept also refers, in other contexts, to herpes zoster (also known as shingles ), which arises when the virus that causes chickenpox is reactivated, a disease that is characterized by appearing in the form of small blisters that appear in different parts of the body around a dermatome and which usually hurt and itch.
Other uses of the notion of zone
As is evident, the notion of zone allows multiple concepts to be developed. Urban area , for example, is a community composed of more than two thousand residents, extensive infrastructure development and a preponderance of the secondary sector (industrial sector) and tertiary sector (focused on services).
A free zone , on the other hand, is understood as a geographical area that is reserved for industrialization for export purposes, in which customs legislation is applied in a differentiated manner or, at all, not applied at all.
In the sports field, the term that we are now addressing is also very important. And more specifically in basketball . Thus, in this sporting discipline, for example, there is talk of what is known as three seconds in the zone . An expression is which establishes that when attacking you cannot spend more than that time in the opponent's restricted area.
In the same way we also talk about the scoring areas of the court. These, which are located at different distances from the basket, are what determine whether the players' successful shots are worth 3, 2 or 1 point.
Erogenous zones , likewise, are those areas of the human organism that have greater sensitivity compared to others and that are stimulated to sexually arouse an individual .
A red zone , finally, is the name given to a neighborhood , town or district when businesses linked to the sex industry are offered in its jurisdiction.