Phrase Hound found 200 phrases and 38 compound words that contain zero. The most common are listed below. Open zero in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 200
- ground zeroOriginally, the point on the land or water surface below which a nuclear bomb detonates in the air; now also the point on such a surface at or above the detonation.
- zero toleranceThe strict policy of enforcing law(s) or the rule(s), and allowing no toleration or compromise even for first-time offenders or petty violations.
- absolute zeroThe coldest possible temperature, equivalent to zero on the Kelvin scale, or approximately −273.15 °C, −459.67 °F; a total absence of heat; the temperature at which the motion of all molecules would cease.
- sub-zerobelow 0°C; freezing cold
- zero-dayOf warez, released less than a day after the official product release.
- zero growthA stationary condition, e.g. in an economy, where growth does not occur.
- status zeroA status at the lowest point of a ranking system. In particular:
- net-zeroResulting in neither a surplus or deficit because gains and losses cancel out.
- zero matrixA matrix whose entries are all zero.
- Zero-IF
- patient zeroThe initial patient in the population of an epidemiological investigation.
- zero articleThe non-appearance of an article before a noun.
- zero hourSynonym of H-hour: The hour at which any major event planned for the future is set to begin, as used in United States military.
- zero optionA 1980s plan whereby all Soviet and American nuclear weapons would be mutually withdrawn from Europe.
- Below Zero
- zero-gradeIn Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a root characterized by the absence of the basic ablauting vowel phonemes */e/ and */o/.
- zero-zeroPertaining to the ejection of the occupant of an aircraft from a grounded stationary position (i.e. zero altitude and zero airspeed).
- zero-sum gameA game (or a similar political or economic system) in which the gains of some players must equal the losses of others.
- zero gravityThe state of apparent weightlessness which occurs in a very low gravity field, or in free fall.
- zero-shotRelating to zero-shot learning; performing without specialized training data.
- negative zeroA signed magnitude representation of zero in which the sign bit indicates a negative number.
- zero vectorA vector 0 in a vector space V such that for any v∈V, 0+v=v; a vector whose value in every dimension is zero; i.e., ⃑0=<0,0,…,0>.
- zero-rateTo subject (a good) to no value-added tax when sold (but in which the supplier can still recover VAT attributable to it).
- zero-point energyThe lowest possible energy of a given quantum mechanical system.
- CC ZeroAlternative form of CC0.
Compound words 38
- zeroismA belief that the physical world is illusion.
- zerofoldZero times as great; unchanged or remaining constant.
- zeroistA proponent of zero population growth (ZPG).
- zerovalentHaving a valency of zero
- zeroidA zero identity.
- zerokA zero-pronged fork.
- zerosvilleNothing; zilch; a place or situation where nothing is achieved.
- quasizeroApparently zero
- zerohedronA hypothetical polyhedron with no faces.
- zeronessThe property of being zero.