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zero point

zero point · zero points

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Null, Nullpunkt, Nullstelle

The location of the center of a burst of a nuclear weapon at the instant of detonationThe 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.

Значення

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(злічуване, незлічуване)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.
(Singapore, незлічуване)A children's game involving jumping over a chain of linked elastic bands.
(злічуване, застаріле, незлічуване)Ground zero.

Ще визначення

the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured

Походження

From early restandardization, possibly under influence of established US military terms su

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.

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