Zero

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zero"

Translingual

Noun

Zero

1. Alternative letter-case form of zero of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

English

Proper noun

the Zero

1. A model of fighter aircraft, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, operated by Imperial Japan during World War II.

   The Zero was renowned for its dogfighting capabilities and its range.

Noun

Zero (plural Zeros or Zeroes)

1. Any specific instance of that model.

   A Zero had been shot down earlier, and we were hoping that the pressure was off, but just then two more Zeroes came in quite low, and we were suddenly in a sticky situation.

   • 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The New Age of Regionalism”, in The Vantage Point‎^[1], Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 361:

     The visit to Townsville was filled with nostalgia for me. I remembered very well staying there on June 8, 1942. I shared a room with a brave and friendly officer, Colonel Francis Stevens. Early the next morning we flew to Port Moresby in New Guinea, and from there we took off in separate planes. Colonel Stevens never returned from that flight; his plane was shot down by a Japanese Zero.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Iarus.

Proper noun

Zero ?

1. a river in Veneto