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zero point

zero point noun: the location of the center of a burst of a nuclear weapon at the instant of detonation. The zero point may be in the air, or on or beneath the surface of land or water, depending upon the type of burst, and it is thus to be distinguished from ground zero.

Noun (1)

zero point (countable and uncountable, plural zero points)

  1. The location of the center of a burst of a nuclear weapon at the instant of detonation. The zero point may be in the air, or on or beneath the surface of land or water, depending upon the type of burst, and it is thus to be distinguished from ground zero.
  2. (obsolete) Ground zero.

Noun (2)

zero point (uncountable)

  1. (Singapore) A children's game involving jumping over a chain of linked elastic bands.
    Synonyms:
    yeh yeh

zero point meaning in Tamil

zero point in Tamil

சுழிப் புள்ளி, அழிநிலை

Synonyms of zero point

Forms of zero point

pluralzero points

Origin of zero point

From early restandardization, possibly under influence of established US military terms such as zero hour, of the prior term point zero, which was coined during the Trinity Project, as point + zero, with zero being the code name for the Trinity test location. The original sense was that of ground zero and referred to only latitude and longitude, without regard to altitude, until the latter term's coinage in 1946.

Unknown.

Questions about zero point

What does zero point mean?
Zero point means the location of the center of a burst of a nuclear weapon at the instant of detonation. The zero point may be in the air, or on or beneath the surface of land or water, depending upon the type of burst, and it is thus to be distinguished from ground zero.
What is zero point in Tamil?
Zero point in Tamil is சுழிப் புள்ளி, அழிநிலை. See Zero point meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is zero point?
Zero point is a noun.
What is the plural of zero point?
The plural of zero point is zero points.

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