zero

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Pronunciation
/ˈzɪəɹəʊ/
/ˈzɪəɹəʊ/
/ˈzɪəɹəʊ/
/ˈzi(ˌ)ɹoʊ/
Noun
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.

Example Sentences
  • In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string.
2 Definition

The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.

Example Sentences
  • One million has six zeroes.
3 Definition

Nothing, or none.

Example Sentences
  • He knows zero about humour.
4 Definition

The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.

Example Sentences
  • The electromagnetic field does not drop all of the way to zero before a reversal.
5 Definition

The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.

Example Sentences
  • The temperature outside is ten degrees below zero.
6 Definition

A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.

Example Sentences
  • The derivative of a continuous, differentiable function that twice crosses the axis must have a zero.
7 Definition

The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.

Example Sentences
  • Since a commutative zero is the inverse of any additive identity, it must be unique when it exists.
8 Definition

A person of little or no importance.

Example Sentences
  • They rudely treated him like a zero.
9 Definition

A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.

10 Definition

A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm.

11 Definition

A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).

Example Sentences
  • The takeovers were financed by issuing zeroes.
Verb
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.

Example Sentences
  • Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction.
2 Definition

To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.

Example Sentences
  • Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization.
3 Definition

To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.

Example Sentences
  • They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.
4 Definition

To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.

5 Definition

To disappear

Adjective
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

No, not any

Example Sentences
  • She showed zero respect.
2 Definition

Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.

3 Definition

Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.

4 Definition

Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.

Example Sentences
  • The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet".
Numeral
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

Example Sentences
  • A cheque for zero dollars and zero cents crashed the computers on division by zero.