Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

machine zone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables: ma-chine -zone
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A trance-like state of immersion reached through intense interaction with gambling machines.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Echoing Mollie’s wish to stay in the machine zone, they spoke of gamblers’ desire for “time-on-device,” or TOD."
"How does technology hold us close, so close that we turn to it instead of turning within? It keeps us in a “machine zone.”"
"As one addict explains, she is not playing to win but to ‘stay in that machine zone where nothing else matters.’"

Etymology

Coined by cultural anthropologist Natasha Dow Schüll.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

machine zones (plural)

Questions

What does machine zone mean?: A trance-like state of immersion reached through intense interaction with gambling machines.
Where does machine zone come from?: Coined by cultural anthropologist Natasha Dow Schüll.

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