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Zomi people
The Zomi are a self-identifying people of the Zo (Chin-Kuki-Mizo) ethnolinguistic group of the India–Myanmar–Bangladesh borderlands, comprising tribes such as Paite, Simte, Sukte, Vaiphei, and Zou, who prefer the name Zomi over the colonial labels Chin, Kuki, and Lushai.
Zominthos
Zominthos (Ζόμινθος) is a Minoan mountain palatial centre on Mount Psiloritis, Crete, at about 1,200 m on the Knossos–Idaean Cave route; excavated by Sakellarakis from 1982, a UNESCO World Heritage component since 2025.
Zona de Surf Cortadura
Zona de Surf Cortadura: surf zone of Playa de Cortadura, Cádiz, Spain; a 3,900 m natural urban beach break with shifting sandbars, the birthplace of Cádiz surfing, home to the municipal surf school.
Zona Ganjah
Zona Ganjah is a Chilean reggae en español project founded in 2003 by José Gahona, whose song "Vibra positiva" has over 1.1 billion streams; he announced an indefinite retirement from the stage in 2023.
Zona pellucida
Zona pellucida (ZP), the glycoprotein coat of mammalian oocytes; mediates species-specific sperm binding, acrosome reaction, polyspermy block, and embryo protection; composed of ZP1-ZP4 proteins varying by species.
Zona-pellucida-binding
Zona-pellucida-binding: species-specific adhesion of capacitated mammalian sperm to the oocyte's zona pellucida (ZP1–ZP4 glycoprotein matrix), triggering the acrosome reaction; mediated by multiple low-affinity sperm receptors in lipid-raft complexes, not a single ZP3 receptor.
Zona-pellucida-binding protein 1/2, N-terminal domain
N-terminal domain shared by zona pellucida-binding proteins ZPBP1 (Sp38/Iam38) and ZPBP2, testis-specific acrosomal sperm proteins of the immunoglobulin-like family; ZPBP1 knockout causes sterile round-headed sperm, ZPBP2 knockout subfertility.
Zonal flow (plasma physics)
A zonal flow in plasma physics is an azimuthally symmetric, band-like shear flow in a magnetically confined plasma that shears apart eddies and regulates drift wave turbulence.
Zonal wave 3
Zonal wave 3 (ZW3) is a quasi-stationary atmospheric circulation pattern of the Southern Hemisphere extratropics with three ridges and troughs, influencing Antarctic sea ice, blocking, and dense water formation.
Zond Linea
Zond Linea, a 192-km-long linea (elongate marking) on Pluto at 23.91°N, 336.82°E, approved by the IAU on April 11, 2023 and named for the Soviet Zond probes of 1964–1970.
Zondacrypto
Zondacrypto is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in Poland in 2014 as BitBay, rebranded to Zonda in 2021 and zondacrypto in 2023, whose Estonian license was revoked in 2026 amid evidence that customer funds had been used.
Zone 6 Venue
Zone 6 Venue is an event venue in Diepkloof, Soweto, South Africa, and a leading stage for amapiano, house, and hip hop; DJ Black Coffee bought into it in 2017.
Zone control (AGV)
Zone control is an AGV traffic management strategy that divides the guide path into zones, allowing only one automated guided vehicle per zone to prevent collisions.
Zone electrophoresis
Zone electrophoresis is an analytical separation technique in which charged molecules migrate under an electric field into distinct zones on a supporting medium, underlying gel and capillary electrophoresis.
Zone Humide de la Rivière Pendjari
Zone Humide de la Rivière Pendjari, Ramsar Site no. 1669 in Benin (designated 2007, 483,366 ha), a Volta-basin wetland within Pendjari National Park and the W-Arly-Pendjari World Heritage and transboundary Ramsar complex.
Zone melting
Zone melting is a purification and crystal-growth technique in which a molten zone passes through an ingot, sweeping impurities to one end; it refined transistor-grade germanium and silicon.
Zone of avoidance
The Zone of Avoidance (ZoA) is the band of sky along the Milky Way's plane where dust blocks the light of background galaxies, covering about 20% of the sky.
Zone of Death (Yellowstone)
Zone of Death (Yellowstone): a roughly 50-square-mile uninhabited Idaho strip of Yellowstone National Park under the District of Wyoming, where the Sixth Amendment vicinage clause may block jury trials; named by Brian Kalt in 2005, untested in court.
Zone of Interest (Auschwitz)
The Zone of Interest (Interessengebiet des KL Auschwitz) was the roughly 40-square-kilometer SS-controlled restricted area around Auschwitz I and Birkenau, created in 1941 by expelling Polish and Jewish residents; later the title of Amis's novel and Glazer's film.
Zone of proximal development
The zone of proximal development (ZPD, zona blizhaishego razvitiya) is Lev Vygotsky's concept for the gap between what a learner can do alone and with adult or capable-peer assistance; formulated 1933, basis of dynamic assessment and linked to, but distinct from, Wood, Bruner and Ross's 1976 scaffolding.
Zone of Reconstruction of Historical Events
Зона реконструкции (Zone of Reconstruction of Historical Events) is a 200×300 m static and 300×600 m dynamic demonstration area in Patriot Park near Kubinka, Russia, built for WWII battle reenactments, vehicle displays, and film shoots.
Zone of the Enders
Zone of the Enders (Z.O.E) is Konami's high-speed mecha action franchise created under Hideo Kojima, starring the Orbital Frames Jehuty and Anubis, bundled with the MGS2 demo, spanning PS2 games, anime, HD and VR remasters.
Zone picking
Zone picking is an order fulfillment method that divides a warehouse's picking area into zones, each staffed by a dedicated picker; the sequential variant is called pick-and-pass.
Zone plate
A zone plate, also called a Fresnel zone plate, is a circular diffraction grating of alternating transparent and opaque rings that focuses waves by diffraction rather than refraction.
Zone Pro Site (总舖师)
Zone Pro Site (總舖師) is a 2013 Taiwanese food comedy by Chen Yu-hsun about bandoh banquet chefs, starring Lin Mei-hsiu, Yo Yang, and Kimi Hsia; it earned NT$310 million in Taiwan and Golden Horse nominations.
Zone protection
Zone protection divides an electrical power system into defined zones, each monitored by its own relays and cleared by its own circuit breakers, isolating faults quickly.
Zone rouge
Zone Rouge: red-penciled zones of northeastern France isolated after WWI under the 1919 war-damage law, including nine destroyed Verdun villages and the reforested Verdun forest, still restricted for unexploded ordnance.
Zone System
The Zone System is a photographic exposure and development method devised by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer in the late 1930s, dividing the tonal scale into eleven zones from pure black to pure white.
ZoneAlarm
ZoneAlarm is a line of consumer security software for Windows PCs and mobile devices, developed by Zone Labs and now sold by Check Point Software Technologies.
Zoned Namespace (ZNS) SSD
A Zoned Namespace (ZNS) SSD is a solid-state drive implementing the NVMe Zoned Namespace Command Set, allowing random reads but only sequential writes within each zone.