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ZERO POINT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does zero point mean?
• ZERO POINT (noun)
The noun ZERO POINT has 1 sense:
1. the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured
Familiarity information: ZERO POINT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
zero; zero point
Hypernyms ("zero point" is a kind of...):
numerical quantity (a quantity expressed as a number)
Context examples
A thermometric scale named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit, on which under standard atmospheric pressure the boiling point of water is at 212 degrees above the zero of the scale, the freezing point is at 32 degrees above zero, and the zero point approximates the temperature produced by mixing equal quantities by weight of snow and common salt.
(Fahrenheit Scale, NCI Thesaurus)
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