BUFFER ZONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buffer zone mean? 

• BUFFER ZONE (noun)
  The noun BUFFER ZONE has 1 sense:

1. a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict

  Familiarity information: BUFFER ZONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUFFER ZONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

buffer; buffer zone

Hypernyms ("buffer zone" is a kind of...):

zone (an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic)

 Context examples 

This category also includes a buffer zone, which should prevent small, uncontrolled, technical factors from causing major discrepancies in interpretations, especially for drugs with narrow pharmacotoxicity margins.

(Antimicrobial Intermediate Susceptibility Result, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)