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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions zero in verb to To focus one's aim; to zoom in and center on something. The pilot zeroed in and launched the guided missile. Zero in and find a watermark in the image. 1981, USENET 15 Sep 1981 http://groups.google.com/group/fa.unix-wizards/msg/83ecb4ad2b619c5b?dmode=source on 08 Dec 2006 :When you invoke the VAX C compiler with -p for profiling it generates an assembly-language call to a profiling subroutine for which I substituted my own heap-checker, and that enabled me to zero in on a heap-violation which was caused by an array-out-of-bounds condition. Etymology: The phrase possibly comes from adjusting a sighting mechanism of a firearm to minimise the discrepency between where the sight points and where a bullet lands on a target.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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