Neutral Zone

Neutral zone may refer to:

In sports:

  • Neutral zone (American football), the region between offensive and defensive sides prior to the snap of the ball on a scrimmage play
  • Neutral zone (ice hockey), zone between the blue lines in ice hockey
  • A non-competitive segment of a few miles at the beginning of a bicycle race

In Star Trek:

  • Neutral zone (pinball), target in the Star Trek: The Next Generation pinball game
  • Neutral zone (Star Trek), "buffer zone" between the territories of two different powers in the fictional Star Trek universe
  • "The Neutral Zone" (TNG episode), the finale of the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation

In geography:

  • Neutral zone (territorial entity)

In other fields:

  • Neutral zone (control theory), concept in control theory
  • A short segment of railway track on which electric trains operate but which lacks the overhead lines that power them. Residual momentum is required for such trains to cross a neutral zone.

Famous quotes containing the words neutral and/or zone:

    “The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name.... We must be impartial in thought as well as in action ... a nation that neither sits in judgment upon others nor is disturbed in her own counsels and which keeps herself fit and free to do what is honest and disinterested and truly serviceable for the peace of the world.”
    —Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

    “Just like those other black holes from outer space, Hollywood is postmodern to this extent: it has no center, only a spreading dead zone of exhaustion, inertia, and brilliant decay.”
    —Arthur Kroker (b. 1945)