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Neutral zone
Meaning
Noun
●
In Football (American):
A
zone
between the
defensive
line of scrimmage
and the
offensive
line of scrimmage
.
●
In Ice hockey:
A
zone
on the
playing
surface
between the
attacking zone
and the
defending zone
as
delineated
by the two
blue
lines.
●
In Cycling:
A
non-competitive
segment
of a
bicycle
race
during which
competitors
have to
stay behind
the lead vehicles.
●
In Dentistry:
That
space
in the
oral cavity
where the
forces
exerted
by the
musculature
of the
tongue
are
equal
and
balanced
with the
forces
exerted
by the
buccinator
muscle
of the
cheek
laterally
and the
orbicularis
oris
muscle
anteriorly.
Name
●
A
former
area between Saudi Arabia and Iraq,
abolished
1991.
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