twilight zone

twilight zone
1. the lowest level of the ocean that light can reach.
2. an ill-defined area between two distinct conditions, categories, etc., usually comprising certain features of both; an indefinite boundary: a twilight zone between fantasy and reality.
[1905-10]

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