feed zone

noun

A designated place along the course of a bicycle race where it is permitted for the riders to receive food and energy drinks from their team support personnel.

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Meanings

nounfeed zone (plural feed zones)

plural feed zones · alternative feedzone

  1. cyclingA designated place along the course of a bicycle race where it is permitted for the riders to receive food and energy drinks from their team support personnel.
  2. engineeringThe portion of a device in which material that is input through a feed tube or other portal accumulates before processing.

    Thus the base of the effective reservoir is placed at 1500m depth, the actual location of the deepest major feed zone.

    2012, R. Bowen, Geothermal Resources, page 105
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    Pressure readings are taken downhole next to the feed zone and the total flow is measured on the surface using a separator.

    2015, Ronald DiPippo, Geothermal Power Plants
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