Zoning is a tool that most cities use to govern âusesâ (e.g. residential, commercial, or industrial), the size of buildings, and how buildings relate to their surroundings, including other buildings, open spaces, and the street.n the U.S., zoning began as a tool to separate uses from one another, and in particular was used to separate more impactful uses (manufacturing) from more sensitive uses (residential). This type of zoning is largely known as Euclidean Zoning, named after the U.S. Supreme Court Case that legitimized the use of the tool.
covert operation. n an intelligence operation so planned as to permit plausible denial by the sponsor. Types: black operation.
Meaning: Activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) Classified under: Nouns denoting acts or actions. Synonyms: military operation; operation. Context example: it was a joint operation of the navy and air force. Hypernyms (military operation is a kind of...): activity (any specific behavior) Domain category: armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of military operation): combined operation (a military operation carried out cooperatively by two or more allied nations or a military operation carried out by coordination of sea, land, and air forces)