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twilight zone
twilight zonen. An area of ambiguity between two distinct states or conditions: a twilight zone between good and evil.twilight zone n 1. any indefinite or transitional condition or area 2. (Human Geography) an area of a city or town, usually surrounding the central business district, where houses have become dilapidated 3. (Physical Geography) the lowest level of the ocean to which light can penetrate twi′light zone` n. an ill-defined area between two distinct conditions, categories, etc.; an indefinite boundary. [1905–10] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | twilight zone - the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reachDavy Jones, Davy Jones's locker, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor, seabed - the bottom of a sea or ocean | | 2. | twilight zone - the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both); "but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal"; "in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity"; "in that no man's land between negotiation and aggression"no man's landequivocalness, ambiguity - unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning |
twilight zone
twilight zoneAn ambiguous area between the boundaries of two concepts, conditions, etc.; a gray area. The phrase originated before it became the title of the popular television show. Unfortunately, his citizenship status is in the twilight zone now that the courts are reviewing the legality of the immigration restrictions. Jeff and I somehow ended up holding hands at the movie last night, and now we're in this weird twilight zone between friendship and dating.See also: twilight, zonetwilight zone
twilight zone1. an area of a city or town, usually surrounding the central business district, where houses have become dilapidated 2. the lowest level of the ocean to which light can penetrate twilight zone[′twī‚līt ‚zōn] (astronomy) That zone of the earth or other planet in twilight at any time. (electromagnetism) Anything resembling the twilight zone of the earth, as the narrow sector on each side of the equisignal zone of a four-course radio range station, in which one signal is barely heard above the monotone on-course signal. twilight zone[IRC] Notionally, the area of cyberspace where IRCoperators live. An op is said to have a "connection to thetwilight zone".Twilight Zone A ‘grey zone’ that exists when base pairs from different DNA sequences, or amino acids from different proteins, are compared to determine the degree of sequence similarity—‘homology’; the twilight zone is that degree of sequence similarity in which it is uncertain whether the molecules being compared are or are not related. The term is derived from the US television show of the same name.AcronymsSeeTZtwilight zone
Synonyms for twilight zonenoun the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reachRelated Words- Davy Jones
- Davy Jones's locker
- ocean bottom
- ocean floor
- sea bottom
- sea floor
- seabed
noun the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)SynonymsRelated Words |