zero

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all,…

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

   • The conductor waited until the passenger count was zero.
   • A cheque for zero dollars and zero cents crashed the computers on division by zero.
   • Last year, it scored 26 on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index which ranks countries on a scale of zero to 100, with zero meaning “highly corrupt” and 100 signifying that a country is “very clean.”
2. 2

   The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.

   • In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string.
   • Write 0.0 to indicate a floating point number rather than the integer zero.
   • The zero sign in American Sign Language is considered rude in some cultures.
3. 3

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

   • One million has six zeroes.
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   1. 4

      Nothing, or none.

      • The shipment was lost, so they had zero in stock.
      • He knows zero about humour.
      • In the end, all of our hard work amounted to zero.
   2. 5

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

      • The electromagnetic field does not drop all of the way to zero before a reversal.
   3. 6

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

      • The temperature outside is ten degrees below zero.
   4. 7

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

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

      • The zeroes of a polynomial are its roots by the fundamental theorem of algebra.
      • The derivative of a continuous, differentiable function that twice crosses the axis must have a zero.
      • The nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function may all lie on the critical line.
   5. 8

      The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a…

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

      • Since a commutative zero is the inverse of any additive identity, it must be unique when it exists.
      • The zero (of a ring or field) has the property that the product of the zero with any element yields the zero.
      • The quotient ring over a maximal ideal is a field with a single zero element.
   6. 9

      A person dismissed as unimportant.

      • They rudely treated him like a zero.
   7. 10

      A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Imperial Japanese…

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

   8. 11

      A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm, corresponding to a zero value.

   9. 12

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

      • The takeovers were financed by issuing zeroes.
   10. 13

       Synonym of no.

       • She showed zero respect.
       • You have to salute Gerrard's bravery in accepting the challenge of trying to turn Rangers around given that he has zero experience in senior management. Immortality beckons if he does it.
   11. 14

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

   12. 15

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

   13. 16

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

       • The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet".
   14. 17

       Used in the names of foodstuffs, especially beverages, to indicate a version with no…

       Used in the names of foodstuffs, especially beverages, to indicate a version with no calories

   15. 18

       To set some amount to be zero.

       • They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.
       • Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization.
       • Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction.
   16. 19

       To disappear or make something disappear.

       • Traffic on the encrypted channels used by senior Iraqi generals had peaked and zeroed, then peaked again, and zeroed again.
       • They discovered the object code for the simulator that was DON, and zeroed it. DON — or his creator — was clever and had planted many copies,
       • If I zeroed Jack, I'd get by So I'd erased him, pretended the last few months had never happened.
   17. 20

       To adjust until the variance is reduced to an acceptably low amount.

       • The soldier took his gun to the shooting range to zero its aim.

The neighborhood

• synonymvalue of a function’s variables at zero
• synonymoriginpoint of origin on a scale
• synonymzero pointpoint of origin on a scale
• synonymnadirlowest point
• antonympoleantonym(s) of “value of a function's variables at zero”
• neighborabsolute zero
• neighborground zero
• neighbornegative zero
• neighborpositive zero
• neighborsize zero