zero point

See also: zero-point

English

Noun

zero point (plural zero points)

1. (military) 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.

See also

• zero-point energy

Anagrams

• protonize, prozonite