ground zero

See also: ground-zero and Ground Zero

English

Nagasaki, Japan before and after atomic bombing in 1945

Alternative forms

• ground-zero

Noun

ground zero (countable and uncountable, plural ground zeroes)

1. The point on the land or water surface below, above, or at which an atomic or nuclear bomb detonates.
2. (by extension) The location of any disaster.
3. (figurative) The very beginning or elementary start of something.

Hypernyms

• epicenter
• epicentre
• hypocenter
• hypocentre

Translations

location on the surface marking the detonation of a bomb

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爆心投影點／爆心投影点, 爆心投影点 (bàoxīn tóuyǐngdiǎn)

• Dutch: maalde nul
• Esperanto: nultero
• Estonian: plahvatuse epitsenter
• Finnish: nollapiste (fi)
• French: point zéro (fr)
• German: Boden null, Bodennullpunkt m, Ground Zero (de) m
• Italian: terra zero
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• Japanese: 爆心地点 (bakushin-chiten), 落下地点 (rakka chiten), 爆心地 (bakushinchi), グラウンドゼロ (guraundozero)
• Korean: 그라운드 제로 (geuraundeu jero)
• Latin: solum nihil, terra nihil
• Polish: strefa zero f
• Portuguese: ponto de impacto
• Russian: эпице́нтр взрыва (epicéntr vzryva)
• Spanish: punto cero, tierra cero, zona cero f
• Turkish: yer sıfır noktası