Dead zone may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Games
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''Dead Zone'' (video game), a video game produced by ''SunSoft''
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Dead zone (video gaming), term for a region of the screen in video gaming
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''Deadzone'' (Skirmish Game), by Mantic Games
Literature
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''The Dead Zone'' (novel), a novel by Stephen King
Film
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''The Dead Zone'' (film), a film based on the Stephen King novel starring Christopher Walken
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Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone'', the first of thirteen ''Dragon Ball Z'' films
* ''Whisper of Dead Zone'', the translated English title of the 2012 Turkish film ''
Ölü Bölgeden Fısıltılar
''Whispers of Dead Zone'' ( tk, Ölü Bölgeden Fısıltılar) is a 2012 drama in Turkish-French co-production, directed by Fırat Çağrı Beyaz. The film premiered at the Istanbul International Film Festival.
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Television
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''The Dead Zone'' (TV series), a television series based on the Stephen King novel, starring Anthony Michael Hall
Sports
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Dead zone (gridiron football)
The dead zone (also known as four-down territory or no man's land) is an area on the field of gridiron football where an offense is on their opponent's side of the field, but kicking a field goal would likely be unsuccessful and Punt (gridiron foo ...
, a technical term in American and Canadian football
Science and technology
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Dead zone (cell phone)
A mobile phone signal (also known as reception and service) is the signal strength (measured in dBm) received by a mobile phone from a cellular network (on the downlink). Depending on various factors, such as proximity to a tower, any obstructions ...
, an area where cell phones cannot transmit to a nearby cell site
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Dead zone (ecology)
Dead zones are hypoxic (low-oxygen) areas in the world's oceans and large lakes. Hypoxia occurs when dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration falls to or below 2 mg of O2/liter. When a body of water experiences hypoxic conditions, aquatic flora and ...
, low-oxygen areas in the world's oceans
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Dead band, the region of insensitivity of a system
Other uses
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Death zone
In mountaineering, the death zone refers to altitudes above a certain point where the pressure of oxygen is Effects of high altitude on humans, insufficient to sustain human life for an extended time span. This point is generally tagged as , less ...
, high altitudes where the amount of oxygen is insufficient to sustain human life
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Dead zone (military), a blind spot in a
fortification
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...
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field of fire
The field of fire of a weapon (or group of weapons) is the area around it that can easily and effectively be reached by gunfire. The term 'field of fire' is mostly used in reference to machine guns. Their fields of fire incorporate the beaten zon ...
which is relatively sheltered from defensive fire.
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