buffer zone

English

Noun

buffer zone (plural buffer zones)

1. (military) A neutral area that is located between hostile forces, and is designed to prevent hostilities.
2. (US) A transitional area between areas of different land use.
3. Synonym of bubble zone (“a perimeter around an abortion facility”)

Translations

neutral area

• Dutch: bufferzone (nl) f
• Esperanto: bufrozono
• Finnish: puskurivyöhyke (fi)
• French: zone tampon (fr) f
• Georgian: ბუფერული ზონა (buperuli zona)
• German: Pufferzone (de) f
• Greek: νεκρή ζώνη f (nekrí zóni)
• Hindi: बफर (hi) m (baphar)
• Hungarian: ütközőzóna (hu)
• Polish: strefa buforowa f
• Portuguese: zona-tampão f, zona de amortecimento f
• Romanian: zonă tampon f
• Russian: буферная зона (bufernaja zona)
• Spanish: zona colchón f, zona neutral f
• Turkish: tampon bölge (tr)

area between areas of different land use

• Dutch: bufferzone (nl) f
• Finnish: puskurivyöhyke (fi)
• Romanian: zonă tampon f
• Turkish: tampon bölge (tr)

Further reading

• buffer zone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia