transitional zone

collocation in English

meaningsoftransitionalandzone

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transitional
adjective
uk
/trænˈzɪʃ.ən.əl/us
/trænˈzɪʃ.ən.əl/
belonging or relating to a change, or the process of change, from one form or type ...
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zone
noun[C]
uk
/zəʊn/us
/zoʊn/
an area, especially one that is different from the areas around it because it has different characteristics or is used for ...
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(Definition oftransitionalandzonefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These theories are not adequate in explaining the instability arising in thetransitionalzone.
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Forms the posterolateral aspect, surrounding thetransitionalzoneand the central zone.
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This may also be looked on as a warning sign, a warning that we are in thetransitionalzonebetween being personal and being private.
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Since the face of the fourth moon (fig. 16) is already half illuminated, thetransitionalzonefrom light to dark receives particular emphasis.
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An inner-outer platformtransitionalzonecan be inferred from the fossil content and the sedimentological criteria reported in the encasing facies.
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In thattransitionalzone, islands of forest within a broader landscape of grassy savanna seemed a classic case of a landscape degrading under the expansion of human settlement.
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It is atransitionalzonebetween aquatic and terrestrial habitats.
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This is atransitionalzonebetween southern and northern biomes.
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The landscape is characterized by a hillytransitionalzonebetween low mountains and a plain.
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In thetransitionalzonetaller trees, epiphytes and perennial herbs can be seen.
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The country is in thetransitionalzonebetween continental climates and maritime climates.
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The state is in atransitionalzonebetween a humid subtropical climate and a continental climate.
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It is found in thetransitionalzonebetween moist-evergreen and moist semi-deciduous forest types.
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Meanwhile, the outer defenses were gradually moved inward, thereby sacrificing a vital foothold in the steppetransitionalzone.
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There are three subtypes of allocortex: the paleocortex, the archicortex, and the periallocortex atransitionalzonebetween the neocortex and the allocortex.
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Its connection to the sea is made across an intermittent channel, whosetransitionalzonethat requires timely interventions to maintain its access.
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At atransitionalzonewhere fresh water meets salt water, mangrove trees thrive, adapted as they are to both kinds of water.
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It utilizes a balcony, raised and detached from the street as atransitionalzonebetween the public and the private sphere.
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Thistransitionalzoneis known as the "agreste" and because it is located on the steep escarpment, was not generally used whilst flatter land was abundant.
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