zero
• being 0 in number
• number 0, quantity of none, null
• turn to zero, nullify, adjust, regulate
• zero is the number 0.
• zero is also freezing point on the centigrade scale. it is often written as 0?c.
• you can use zero to say that there is none at all of the thing mentioned.
• to zero in on a target means to aim at it or move towards it.
• if you zero in on a problem or subject, you give it your full attention.
zero hour
• hour of fitness, fateful hour, deciding hour
• zero hour is the time at which something such as a military operation is planned to begin.
zero in
• nullify; direct; concentrate
zero insertion force socket
• socket in a chip where there is a lever which allows easy removal of the chip, zif socket
zero line
• direction toward the center of the target area
zero option
• in nuclear arms negotiations, a zero option is an offer by one party in the negotiations to remove all short-range nuclear missiles if the other party or parties will do the same.
zero percent fat
• fat-free
zero probability
• lowest rate of probability, state of having absolutely no chance of happening
zero sum
• of or pertaining to a situation or a system wherein gain is offset by an equal loss; of or pertaining to a situation whereing the gain (or loss) of a participant is balanced in an accurate manner by the losses or gains of the other participant or participants
zero sum game
• situation in which winners' gains are offset by losers' losses (ending with a net change of zero)
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