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Comfort Zone

Definition: Comfort Zone

Comfort Zone

Noun

1. The temperature range (between 28 and 30 degrees Centigrade) at which the naked human body is able to maintain a heat balance without shivering or sweating.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Comfort Zone

DomainDefinition

Energy

A frequently used room or area that is maintained at a more comfortable level than the rest of the house; also known as a "warm room." (references)
 The range of temperaturesover which the majority of persons feel comfortable (neither too hot nor too cold). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Usage: Comfort Zone

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Screenplays

It-it creates a comfort zone. Do you wanna go out with me tomorrow night? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Clever

We only grow when we step outside our comfort zone. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Comfort Zone

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

the comfort zone

132

comfort zone dog

12

comfort zone plug in

6

camp comfort zone

5

comfort zone product

4

comfort zone cat

3

carrier comfort zone

2

farnam comfort zone

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Comfort Zone

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-f-m-n-o-o-o-r-t-z"

-3 letters: ectozoon.

-4 letters: comfort, conform, coronet, footmen, monocot, montero.

-5 letters: confer, cooter, cornet, croton, enroot, foetor, foment, footer, frozen, mentor, mooter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Comfort Zone


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 6F 6D 66 6F 72 74      5A 6F 6E 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01101111 01101101 01100110 01101111 01110010 01110100 00100000 01011010 01101111 01101110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#111 &#109 &#102 &#111 &#114 &#116 &#32 &#90 &#111 &#110 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 006F 006D 0066 006F 0072 0074      005A 006F 006E 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37817972818486260818071

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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