A sight setting that enables a firearm to shoot on target.
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A zero-coupon bond.
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Informal Nothing; nil: Today I accomplished zero.
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Informal One having no influence or importance; a nonentity: a manager who was a total zero.
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Mathematics A cardinal number indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration.
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adjective
Having no measurable or otherwise determinable value.
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Informal Absent, inoperative, or irrelevant in specified circumstances: "The town has . . . practically no opportunities for amusement, zero culture” ( Robert M. Adams).
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Linguistics Of or relating to a morpheme that is expected by an established, regular paradigm but has no spoken or written form. Moose has a zero plural; that is, its plural is moose.
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Meteorology Designating a ceiling not more than 16 meters (52 feet) high.
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Meteorology Limited in horizontal visibility to no more than 55 meters (180 feet).
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verb-transitive
To adjust (an instrument or a device) to zero value.
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phrasal-verb
Zero in To adjust the aim or sight of by repeated firings.
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Zero in To aim or concentrate firepower on an exact target location.
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Zero in To converge intently; close in: The children zeroed in on the display of toys in the store window.
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Zero out To eliminate (a budget or budget item) by cutting off funding.
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Zero out To reduce to zero.
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verb
To determine or adjust the zero of (as a rifle).
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To concentrate firepower on the exact range of.
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To adjust fire on a specific target.
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To close in on or focus attention on an objective.
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