spreading zone

Scientific  

/ sprĕd′ĭng /

1. See divergent plate boundary

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Example Sentences

“There’s a huge amount of energy and a spreading zone of injury,” Scalea said.

From Washington Post

If you look at the diagrams his firm and Arup have developed to accompany the design, what you see seeping out from the new freeway bridge into nearby neighborhoods is not a plume of pollution but a spreading zone of benefits: an expanded wildlife corridor, better equipped schools, improved air quality.

From Los Angeles Times

Some even lie outside the volcanically active spreading zone in areas where hydrothermal activity was previously not assumed to occur.

From US News

The local temperature is raised, and the part is the seat of a burning sensation and is tender to the touch, the most tender area being the actively spreading zone which lies about half an inch beyond the red margin.

From Project Gutenberg