zero-length

adj — 2 senses

zero-length

adj
1

Government, Military, Politics, War Being or relating to a method whereby jet fighters and attack aircraft could be near-vertically launched using rocket motors to rapidly gain speed and altitude.

  • zero-length launch system; zero-length take-off
2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences Having a length of zero; containing no elements, text characters, etc.

  • a zero-length array; a zero-length string

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