Phrase guide
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noun
A moving line that divides the daylit side and the dark night side of a planetary body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, astrophysics, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: terminator
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noun
A region or context located in between others and therefore not subject to their norms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
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Synonyms: shadowland
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noun
A deteriorating area surrounding a central business district.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, natural-sciences
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noun
Synonym of mesopelagic zone (“the part of the ocean where there is very minimal light, located below the photic epipelagic zone but above the aphotic bathypelagic zone.”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: mesopelagic zone
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noun
A region in which surreal, supernatural, or fantastic events occur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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verb
To put or place into an indeterminate position; to be in an ambiguous, undetermined, or improper context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive
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verb
To cause to daydream or zone out; to cause to lose attention to one's surroundings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
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verb
To experience or perceive something bizarre or fantastic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
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verb
To behave or occur in a confusing or unexpected manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
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noun
the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: no man's land
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Broader terms: ambiguity, equivocalness
noun
the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ocean floor, sea floor, ocean bottom, seabed, sea bottom, Davy Jones's locker, Davy Jones
History
Because such a zone (in the literal sense of the term) is twilit; see twilight § Etymology.
From the anthology television series The Twilight Zone, first aired in 1959, whose name was inspired by the astrophysical sense.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
