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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach;

2. the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both);
- Example: "but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal"
- Example: "in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity"
- Example: "in that no man's land between negotiation and aggression"
[syn: twilight zone, no man's land]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

twilight zone
    n 1: the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach
    2: the ambiguous region between two categories or states or
       conditions (usually containing some features of both); "but
       there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences
       that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal"; "in
       the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity"; "in that no
       man's land between negotiation and aggression" [syn:
       twilight zone, no man's land]


The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

twilight zone
 n., //

    [IRC] Notionally, the area of cyberspace where IRC operators live. An op
     is said to have a ?connection to the twilight zone?.



The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

twilight zone

   [IRC]  Notionally, the area of cyberspace where IRC
   operators live.  An op is said to have a "connection to the
   twilight zone".

   [Jargon File]