Zero In

Definition: Zero In

Zero In

Verb

1. Direct onto a point or target, esp. by automatic navigational aids.

2. Adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Zero In

Crosswords: Zero In

Zero In and Scream (1970)

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Books

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Health

Others zero in on specific germs. (references)

There is evidence that consistent and correct condom use reduces HIV seroconversion to nearly zero in both male and female heterosexual partners. (references)

Economic History

Vietnam

Due to bumper rice crops and depressed world prices, especially for rice, year-on-year inflation fell to zero in 1999 and was negative in 2000. The May 2001 CPI is about 1 percent lower than in May 2000. (references)

Romania

Tariffs on most Romanian products dropped to zero in February 1994 with the inclusion of Romania in the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). Major Romanian exports to the U.S. include shoes and clothing, steel, and chemicals. (references)

Mauritius

According to the Bank of Mauritius' statistics, FDI in the Export Processing Zone manufacturing sector which stood at an annual average of $18 million in 1990-92 fell to zero in 1997 and then surged from $1.1 million in 1998 to $12 million in 1999. However, in 2000 it fell to $0.3 million. (references)

Political Economy

ARGENTINA

However, the tariff on capital goods, which account for over 40 percent of U.S. exports to Argentina was reduced to zero in 2001. Argentina, as a member of Mercosur, is discussing the prospect of a free trade agreement with the Andean community and the European Union (EU). (references)

HONDURAS

The biggest success story of all has been the growth of the apparel (assembly) industry, with significant U.S. investment, from virtually zero in 1989 to over 200 plants in 2000 generating almost $550 million in foreign exchange and employing over 125,000 workers by December 2000. Implementation of the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act in October 2000, which provides enhanced benefits to Honduras and other countries of the region, was expected to further boost investment and employment in the sector. (references)

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Expressions using "zero in": zero in on ♦ zero in on smth.. Additional references.

Bulgarian 

прицелвам се точно в (zero in on). (various references)

French

mettre le doigt sur, identifier, faire porter tous ses efforts sur. (various references)

German

sich einschießen. (various references)

Hungarian

belövi magát (to bracket, to zero in), belő (to zero in). (various references)

Italian

prendere la mira. (various references)

Pig Latin

erozay inay

Portuguese

fazer mira em. (various references)

Spanish

identificar (detect, finger, get on to, identify, recognize), hacer una identificación, dirigirse (address, betake, come in for, go, leave, to address), dirigir por (live up, tell off, volley), apuntarse. (various references)

Turkish

yoğunlaşmak (center, centre, concentrate, condense, intensify, precipitate, thicken, zero in on, zoom), hedeflemek (aim, aim at, have in one's sights, home, intend, sight, take aim at, work up, zero in on), dikkatini vermek (attend, concentrate, engross, glue, settle down to, zero in on), amaçlamak (aim at, fasten on, intend, mean, purpose, will, work up, zero in on). (various references)

Ukrainian

пристрілюватися (shoot in). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: irone, zoner.

-2 letters: inro, iron, noir, nori, rein, zein, zero, zone, zori.

-3 letters: eon, ern, ion, ire, nor, one, ore, rei, rin, roe, zin.

-4 letters: en, er, in, ne, no, oe, on, or, re.

+1 letter: ionizer, ironize, zeroing.

+2 letters: bronzier, cognizer, hizzoner, ionizers, ironized, ironizes, lionizer, notarize, organize, ozonizer, rezoning, romanize, snoozier.

+3 letters: bronziest, carbonize, cognizers, colonizer, deionizer, erotizing, gorgonize, harmonize, heroizing, hizzoners, interzone, jargonize, lionizers, micronize, modernize, narcotize, normalize, notarized, notarizes, organized, organizer, organizes, organzine, ozonizers, patronize, randomize, recognize, romanized, romanizes, routinize, sermonize, womanizer.

+4 letters: blazonries, carbonized, carbonizes, colonizers, concertize, concretize, creolizing, deionizers, economizer, exorcizing, gorgonized, gorgonizes, gormandize, harmonized, harmonizer, harmonizes, intermezzo, interzonal, jargonized, jargonizes, journalize, memorizing, micronized, micronizes, modernized, modernizer, modernizes, mongrelize, narcotized, narcotizes, normalized, normalizer, normalizes, organizers, organzines, patronized, patronizes, pollenizer, pollinizer, randomized, randomizer, randomizes, recognized, recognizer, recognizes, recolonize, remonetize, reorganize, rhizoplane, routinized, routinizes, sermonized, sermonizer, sermonizes, soberizing, theorizing, womanizers, zwitterion.