"buffer zone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: buffer zones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} buffer zone (plural buffer zones)
  1. A neutral area, between hostile forces, designed to prevent hostilities. Translations (neutral area): bufrozono (Esperanto), puskurivyöhyke (Finnish), zone tampon [feminine] (French), ბუფერული ზონა (buperuli zona) (Georgian), Pufferzone [feminine] (German), νεκρή ζώνη (nekrí zóni) [feminine] (Greek), बफर (baphar) [masculine] (Hindi), ütközőzóna (Hungarian), strefa buforowa [feminine] (Polish), zona-tampão [feminine] (Portuguese), zona de amortecimento [feminine] (Portuguese), zonă tampon [feminine] (Romanian), zona colchón [feminine] (Spanish), zona neutral [feminine] (Spanish), tampon bölge (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-buffer_zone-en-noun-OnQSgHzW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 12 42 Disambiguation of 'neutral area': 78 7 14
  2. (US) A transitional area between areas of different land use. Tags: US Translations (area between areas of different land use): puskurivyöhyke (Finnish), zonă tampon [feminine] (Romanian), tampon bölge (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-buffer_zone-en-noun-ufs6hb6P Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 12 42 Disambiguation of 'area between areas of different land use': 20 72 8
  3. Synonym of bubble zone (“perimeter around abortion facility”) Synonyms: bubble zone [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-buffer_zone-en-noun-QD0tIQ3A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 12 42

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