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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="disambig-see-also"><i>See also:</i> <b class="Latn"><a href="/wiki/ground-zero" title="ground-zero">ground-zero</a></b> <i>and</i> <b class="Latn"><a href="/wiki/Ground_Zero" title="Ground Zero">Ground Zero</a></b></div> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#English"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">English</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Etymology"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Pronunciation"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Noun"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Noun</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Alternative_forms"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Alternative forms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Hypernyms"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Hypernyms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#Derived_terms"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Derived terms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#Translations"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Translations</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ground_zero&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="was-wotd floatright" style="padding-right: 1em"><span title="This was a Wiktionary Word of the Day"><small><i><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/Archive/2021/September#11" title="Wiktionary:Word of the day/Archive/2021/September">WOTD – 11 September 2021</a></i></small></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Ground zero <i>(sense 1)</i> is marked on the bottom photograph.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NagasakiHypocenter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/NagasakiHypocenter.jpg/200px-NagasakiHypocenter.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/NagasakiHypocenter.jpg/300px-NagasakiHypocenter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/NagasakiHypocenter.jpg/400px-NagasakiHypocenter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hypocenter <a href="/wiki/monument" title="monument">monument</a> which marks ground zero <i>(sense 1)</i> of the atomic bomb <a href="/wiki/detonation" title="detonation">detonation</a>.</div></div></div></div></div> <p>From <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ground#English" title="ground">ground</a></i> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/zero#English" title="zero">zero</a></i>, first attested in a June 1946 a report by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Bombing_Survey" class="extiw" title="w:United States Strategic Bombing Survey">United States Strategic Bombing Survey</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" class="extiw" title="w:Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</a>, Japan, on August 6 and 9, 1945, during World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> “Zero” was used as the code name for the location of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(nuclear_test)" class="extiw" title="w:Trinity (nuclear test)">Trinity</a> atomic bomb test – the first detonation of a <a href="/wiki/nuclear_weapon" title="nuclear weapon">nuclear weapon</a> – in <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>, USA, on July 16, 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ground_zero&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌɡɹaʊnd ˈzɪəɹəʊ/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌɡɹaʊnd ˈzɪɚ(ˌ)oʊ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/-ˈzi(ˌ)ɹoʊ/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-ground_zero.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-ground_zero.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-ground_zero.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-ground_zero.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-ground_zero.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-ground_zero.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-ground_zero.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-ground zero.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C9%AA%C9%99%C9%B9%C9%99%CA%8A" title="Rhymes:English/ɪəɹəʊ"><span class="IPA">-ɪəɹəʊ</span></a></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="en">ground ze‧ro</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ground_zero&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ground#English" title="ground">ground</a> <a href="/wiki/zero#English" title="zero">zero</a></strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ground_zeroes#English" title="ground zeroes">ground zeroes</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>Originally, the <a href="/wiki/point#Noun" title="point">point</a> on the <a href="/wiki/land#Noun" title="land">land</a> or <a href="/wiki/water#Noun" title="water">water</a> <a href="/wiki/surface#Noun" title="surface">surface</a> below which a <a href="/wiki/nuclear_bomb" title="nuclear bomb">nuclear bomb</a> <a href="/wiki/detonate" title="detonate">detonates</a> in the <a href="/wiki/air#Noun" title="air">air</a>; now also the point on such a surface at or above the <a href="/wiki/detonation" title="detonation">detonation</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1946</b> June 19, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Bombing_Survey" class="extiw" title="w:United States Strategic Bombing Survey">U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey</a>, “The Effects of the Atomic Bombings”, in <cite>The Effects of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210810205537/https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/research-files/u-s-strategic-bombing-survey-effects-atomic-bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki?documentid=NA&pagenumber=10">[2]</a></sup>, <span class="None" lang="und">[<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#s.l." title="Appendix:Glossary">s.l.</a>]</span>: Chairman’s Office, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/69410792">→OCLC</a></small>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/research-files/u-s-strategic-bombing-survey-effects-atomic-bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki?documentid=NA&pagenumber=10">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2021-08-10">10 August 2021</span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/research-files/u-s-strategic-bombing-survey-effects-atomic-bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki?documentid=NA&pagenumber=10">page 5</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Some of the construction details (reinforcing rod splices, for example) [in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan] were often poor, and much of the concrete was definitely weak; thus some reinforced concrete buildings collapsed and suffered structural damage when within 2,000 feet of <b>ground zero</b>, and some internal wall paneling was demolished even up to 3,800 feet.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1986</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" class="extiw" title="w:"Weird Al" Yankovic">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a> (lyrics and music), “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_at_Ground_Zero" class="extiw" title="w:Christmas at Ground Zero">Christmas at <b>Ground Zero</b></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polka_Party!" class="extiw" title="w:Polka Party!">Polka Party!</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t039p6xqutU">[3]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">It's Christmas at <b>ground zero</b> / The button has been pressed / The radio / Just let us know / That this is not a test</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">by extension</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/location" title="location">location</a> of any <a href="/wiki/disaster" title="disaster">disaster</a> or <a href="/wiki/violent" title="violent">violent</a> <a href="/wiki/assault#Noun" title="assault">assault</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2011</b> April 21, Suzanne Goldenberg, quoting Jan Jarrett, “Pennsylvania: the ‘ground zero’ of the US shale gas drilling boom”, in <cite>The Guardian</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/apr/21/pennsylvania-ground-zero-shale-gas">[4]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">"This is <b>ground zero</b>," she said. "If regulators don't adopt a zero tolerance for violations of standards then what we will have are places that are going to have unacceptable environmental damage."</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2019</b> October 17, Matt Stieb, “Florida GOP Regrets ‘Lost’ Decade on Climate Change”, in <cite>New York Magazine</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/florida-gop-regrets-lost-decade-on-climate-change.html">[5]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Florida has been called a “<b>ground zero</b>” for climate change in America, as the state is expected to face the highest temperature rise in the southeast; <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span><span title="will suffer the consequences of a longer, wetter, and stronger hurricane season; must secure drinking water as the major aquifer of South Florida is threatened by salination; and must deal with sea-level rise that could sink up to $23 billion in existing property by 2050.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2020</b> January 10, Liz Barney, Michelle Broder Van Dyke, “Welcome to Hawaii's ‘plastic beach’, one of the world's dirtiest places”, in <cite>The Guardian</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/10/kamilo-beach-plastic-hawaii-pollution">[6]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">For Larson and other activists, Kamilo Beach has become <b>ground zero</b> of the crisis.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2021</b> May 3, Chris McGreal, “‘Ground zero of the opioid epidemic’: West Virginia puts drug giants on trial”, in <cite>The Guardian</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/03/us-opioid-crisis-west-virginia-drug-giants-trial">[7]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The two West Virginia local authorities accuse the distributors of turning Cabell county, with a population of just 90,000, into the “<b>ground zero</b> of the opioid epidemic sweeping the nation”, by flooding the area with nearly 100m opioid pills over a decade.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figuratively</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The point at which something <a href="/wiki/begin" title="begin">begins</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1997</b> May 4, Adam Nossiter, “Ground Zero”, in <cite>The New York Times</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/04/books/ground-zero.html">[8]</a></sup>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">→ISSN</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">James Meredith's forced admission was a milestone in upending the old order in America's most segregated state, a kind of race relations <b>ground zero</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2009</b> March 21, Nicholas Kristof, “Education’s Ground Zero”, in <cite>The New York Times</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/opinion/22kristof.html">[9]</a></sup>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">→ISSN</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Less than two years into the job, she has transformed Washington into <b>ground zero</b> of America’s education reform movement.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ground_zero&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ground-zero#English" title="ground-zero">ground-zero</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hypernyms">Hypernyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ground_zero&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Hypernyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/epicenter#English" title="epicenter">epicenter</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/epicentre#English" title="epicentre">epicentre</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hypocenter#English" title="hypocenter">hypocenter</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hypocentre#English" title="hypocentre">hypocentre</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ground_zero&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Ground_Zero#English" title="Ground Zero">Ground Zero</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ground_zero&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-point_on_the_land_or_water_surface_below,_at,_or_above_the_detonation_of_a_nuclear_bomb"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Basque: <span class="Latn" lang="eu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=zero_gune&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="zero gune (page does not exist)">zero gune</a></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E7%88%86%E5%BF%83%E6%8A%95%E5%BD%B1%E9%BB%9E&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="爆心投影點 (page does not exist)">爆心投影點</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E7%88%86%E5%BF%83%E6%8A%95%E5%BD%B1%E7%82%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="爆心投影点 (page does not exist)">爆心投影点</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">bàoxīn tóuyǐngdiǎn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E5%8E%9F%E7%88%86%E9%BB%9E&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="原爆點 (page does not exist)">原爆點</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E5%8E%9F%E7%88%86%E7%82%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="原爆点 (page does not exist)">原爆点</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8E%9F%E7%88%86%E9%BB%9E" class="extiw" title="zh:原爆點">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">yuánbàodiǎn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">of an atomic bomb</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=maalde_nul&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="maalde nul (page does not exist)">maalde nul</a></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=nultero&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="nultero (page does not exist)">nultero</a></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/w/index.php?title=plahvatuse_epitsenter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="plahvatuse epitsenter (page does not exist)">plahvatuse epitsenter</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/nollapiste#Finnish" title="nollapiste">nollapiste</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/nollapiste" class="extiw" title="fi:nollapiste">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=point_z%C3%A9ro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="point zéro (page does not exist)">point zéro</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/point_z%C3%A9ro" class="extiw" title="fr:point zéro">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Bodennullpunkt#German" title="Bodennullpunkt">Bodennullpunkt</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93_%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="גראונד זירו (page does not exist)">גראונד זירו</a></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/epicentrum#Hungarian" title="epicentrum">epicentrum</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/epicentrum" class="extiw" title="hu:epicentrum">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/w/index.php?title=terra_zero&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="terra zero (page does not exist)">terra zero</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%82%BC%E3%83%AD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="グラウンドゼロ (page does not exist)">グラウンドゼロ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">guraundozero</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E7%88%86%E5%BF%83%E5%9C%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="爆心地 (page does not exist)">爆心地</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%88%86%E5%BF%83%E5%9C%B0" class="extiw" title="ja:爆心地">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">bakushinchi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E7%88%86%E5%BF%83%E5%9C%B0%E7%82%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="爆心地点 (page does not exist)">爆心地点</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">bakushin-chiten</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E8%90%BD%E4%B8%8B%E5%9C%B0%E7%82%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="落下地点 (page does not exist)">落下地点</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">rakka chiten</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%EA%B7%B8%EB%9D%BC%EC%9A%B4%EB%93%9C_%EC%A0%9C%EB%A1%9C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="그라운드 제로 (page does not exist)">그라운드 제로</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">geuraundeu jero</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=solum_nihil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="solum nihil (page does not exist)">solum nihil</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=terra_nihil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="terra nihil (page does not exist)">terra nihil</a></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=strefa_zero&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="strefa zero (page does not exist)">strefa zero</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/ponto#Portuguese" title="ponto">ponto</a> <a href="/wiki/de#Portuguese" title="de">de</a> <a href="/wiki/impacto#Portuguese" title="impacto">impacto</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%8D%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80_%D0%B2%D0%B7%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="эпицентр взрыва (page does not exist)">эпице́нтр взрыва</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">epicéntr vzryva</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <span class="Cyrl" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B8_%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="нулти тачка (page does not exist)">ну̏лтӣ та̏чка</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="површинска нула (page does not exist)">површинска ну̏ла</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=nulti_ta%C4%8Dka&action=edit&redlink=1" 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of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210810205537/https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/research-files/u-s-strategic-bombing-survey-effects-atomic-bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki?documentid=NA&pagenumber=10">[1]</a></sup>, <span class="None" lang="und">[<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#s.l." title="Appendix:Glossary">s.l.</a>]</span>: Chairman’s Office, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/69410792">→OCLC</a></small>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/research-files/u-s-strategic-bombing-survey-effects-atomic-bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki?documentid=NA&pagenumber=10">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2021-08-10">10 August 2021</span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/research-files/u-s-strategic-bombing-survey-effects-atomic-bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki?documentid=NA&pagenumber=10">page 5</a>:</span> “<span class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="und">For convenience, the term ‘ground zero’ will be used to designate the point on the ground beneath the point of denotation, or ‘air zero’.</span></span>”</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Laurence" class="extiw" title="w:William L. Laurence">William L[eonard] Laurence</a> (<span class="None" lang="und">1946</span>) <cite>Dawn over Zero: The Story of the Atomic Bomb</cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_A._Knopf" class="extiw" title="w:Alfred A. Knopf">Alfred A[braham] Knopf</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/803152758">→OCLC</a></small>, page 4</span></span>.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ground_zero&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ground_zero" title="w:ground zero"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/15px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/23px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, 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