Adjective
(military) 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
(programming) Having a length of zero; containing no elements, text characters, etc.
a zero-length array; a zero-length string
The P-38L was the first Lightning fitted with zero-length rocket launchers. Source: Internet
Relative pendulum gravimeters were superseded by the simpler LaCoste zero-length spring gravimeter, invented in 1934 by Lucien LaCoste. Source: Internet
The F-100 and F-104 were also used for zero-length launch experiments. Source: Internet