Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zonation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables
zona-tion
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An arrangement or distribution of things into zones.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The formation of a hollow sphere by the nucleus in metaphase, with a film of granulated protoplasm that marks the boundary of the compound oosphere in Cystopus bliti.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From zone + -ation.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

zonations (plural)

Derived Forms

biozonation lithozonation microbiozonation

Questions

What does zonation mean?
An arrangement or distribution of things into zones.
Where does zonation come from?
From zone + -ation.

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