zero
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(s) indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration
- a zero score
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(s) having no measurable or otherwise determinable value
- the goal is zero population growth
- (s) indicating an initial point or origin
- (a) of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)
Nouns
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(n) a quantity of no importance
- it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
- reduced to nil all the work we had done
- we racked up a pathetic goose egg
- it was all for naught
- I didn't hear zilch about it
- (n) a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number 0, cypher, nought, cipher,
- (n) the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured zero point,
- (n) the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing
Verbs
- (v) adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value
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(v) adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun)
- He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards