zero point

zero point
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.

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  • Zero point — Zero e ro, n.; pl. {Zeros}or {Zeroes}. [F. z[ e]ro, from Ar. [,c]afrun, [,c]ifrun, empty, a cipher. Cf. {Cipher}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Arith.) A cipher; nothing; naught. [1913 Webster] 2. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Zero Point — (coord|54|7|S|37|9|W|) is a point at the north side of Assistance Bay in Possession Bay, South Georgia. The name appears on a chart in the 1932 DI surveys at South Georgia, 1926 30 …   Wikipedia

  • zero point — nulinis taškas statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Skalės vieta, nuo kurios prasideda padalų žymės. atitikmenys: angl. zero point; zero position vok. Nullpunkt, m rus. нулевая точка, f pranc. point de zéro, m …   Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

  • zero point — nulinis taškas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. zero point; zero position vok. Nullpunkt, m rus. нулевая точка, f pranc. point de zéro, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • zero point — nulis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. nought; null; zero; zero point vok. Null, f; Nullpunkt, m; Nullstellung, f rus. ноль, m; нуль, m pranc. zéro, m …   Automatikos terminų žodynas

  • zero point — 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… …   Military dictionary

  • zero point — nulinis taškas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Skalės vieta, nuo kurios prasideda padalų žymės. atitikmenys: angl. zero point; zero position rus. нулевая точка …   Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • zero point — pagrindinės krypties orientyras statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Orientyras, žymintis ↑pagrindinę šaudymo kryptį. atitikmenys: angl. zero point rus. ориентир основного направления ryšiai: dar žiūrėk – pagrindinė šaudymo kryptis …   Artilerijos terminų žodynas

  • Zero-point energy — is the lowest possible energy that a quantum mechanical physical system may have; it is the energy of its ground state. All quantum mechanical systems undergo fluctuations even in their ground state and have an associated zero point energy, a… …   Wikipedia

  • zero point energy — zero point energy, Physics. the kinetic energy remaining in a substance at the temperature of absolute zero …   Useful english dictionary

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