zero point

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zero point (countable and uncountable, 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.
  2. (Singapore, uncountable) A children's game involving jumping over a chain of linked elastic bands.
    Synonym: yeh yeh

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