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comfort zone

noun

Definitions

  1. The range of temperature, humidity, and other environmental factors that people or other…

    The range of temperature, humidity, and other environmental factors that people or other organisms require in order to be physiologically unstressed.

    • The child who swings between extremes has trouble finding the comfort zone—the area in which her body is comfortable, efficient, and alert.
    • All this is very bad news for coral, which has a fairly limited temperature comfort zone.
    • The desirable comfort zone indicated lies between 30 and 65% relative humidity.

  2. The range of circumstances in which a person feels relaxed or able to cope.

    • The demanding interview panel took him well out of his comfort zone.

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