Noun
An area with no life.
(ecology) An area of the ocean where oxygen levels are too low to support life, especially as a result of pollution.
(telecommunications) A region where mobile phones do not operate because there is no base station or repeater nearby.
Synonym: notspot
(sports, gridiron football) Part of the field, entered by a player when they are on their opponent's side of the field but kicking a field goal would probably be unsuccessful and punting the ball would not dramatically change field position.
(military, historical) Area near a fortification that is relatively sheltered from defending fire, because direct fire from other parts of the walls cannot be directed around a curved wall.
(video games) A region within the player's viewpoint that is less sensitive to small movements, aiding accurate firing of weapons etc.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgFor me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It's this dead zone between two places. But to walk, you're some place that's already interesting. You're not just between places. Things are happening. Rebecca Solnit
Also, the actuation and release bumps are at almost the same spot, so there's practically no dead zone between them. Source: Internet
A leak of processed natural gas creates a low-oxygen dead zone threatening marine mammals and fish, according to the groups. Source: Internet
An AT&T customer will invariably encounter a dead zone, a region never covered by 3G, an inexplicable loss of 3G signal (in an area that “should” have coverage), or underperforming 3G service. Source: Internet
But the temporal dead zone error is using a variable in the period of time from the beginning of that lexical environment to the point at which that variable has been initialized. Source: Internet
NEW ORLEANS — Federal scientists are predicting an average dead zone this summer in the Gulf of Mexico. Source: Internet