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nullity

noun

Etymology

From Middle French nullité and its etymon Medieval Latin nūllitās, from Latin nūllus. By surface analysis, null + -ity.

  1. derived from nūllus
  2. borrowed from nūllitās
  3. borrowed from nullité

Definitions

  1. The state of being null, or void, or invalid.

    • nullity of marriage

  2. A void act

    A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.

  3. The dimension of the kernel of a linear transformation

    The dimension of the kernel of a linear transformation; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nullity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA