English Explanatory Dictionary

habitable zone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The zone around a star where a planet could experience temperatures like those on Earth, allowing for the possible existence of liquid water and of life.

Word forms

habitable zone habitable zones

Synonyms

Goldilocks zone circumstellar habitable zone

Related words

Venus zone

Derived words

galactic habitable zone continuously habitable zone
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