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Zero Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Zero? [n] the quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale [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 [adj] indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; "a zero score" [adj] indicating an initial point or origin [adj] of or relating to the null set (a set with no members) [v] adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards" [v] to adjust to zero value, of an instrument or device Synonyms \| Synonyms for Zero: aught \| cardinal \| cipher \| cypher \| goose egg \| nada \| naught \| nil \| nix \| nothing \| nought \| null \| ordinal \| zero in \| zero point \| zilch \| zip Related Terms \| Find terms related to Zero: See Also \| adjust \| bugger all \| digit \| Fanny Adams \| figure \| fuck all \| nihil \| numerical quantity \| relative quantity \| set \| sweet Fanny Adams Zero In Webster's Dictionary \Ze"ro\, n.; pl. {Zeros}or {Zeroes}. [F. z['e]ro, from Ar. [,c]afrun, [,c]ifrun, empty, a cipher. Cf. {Cipher}.] 1. (Arith.) A cipher; nothing; naught. 2. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences. Note: Zero in the Centigrade, or Celsius thermometer, and in the R['e]aumur thermometer, is at the point at which water congeals. The zero of the Fahrenheit thermometer is fixed at the point at which the mercury stands when immersed in a mixture of snow and common salt. In Wedgwood's pyrometer, the zero corresponds with 1077[deg] on the Fahrenheit scale. See Illust. of {Thermometer}. 3. Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero. {Absolute zero}. See under {Absolute}. {Zero method} (Physics), a method of comparing, or measuring, forces, electric currents, etc., by so opposing them that the pointer of an indicating apparatus, or the needle of a galvanometer, remains at, or is brought to, zero, as contrasted with methods in which the deflection is observed directly; -- called also {null method}. {Zero point}, the point indicating zero, or the commencement of a scale or reckoning.

Zero Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Zero?

[n] the quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale
[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
[adj] indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; "a zero score"
[adj] indicating an initial point or origin
[adj] of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)
[v] adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards"
[v] to adjust to zero value, of an instrument or device

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Zero In Webster's Dictionary

\Ze"ro\, n.; pl. {Zeros}or {Zeroes}. [F. z['e]ro, from Ar.
[,c]afrun, [,c]ifrun, empty, a cipher. Cf. {Cipher}.]
1. (Arith.) A cipher; nothing; naught.

2. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a
   thermometer, commences.

Note: Zero in the Centigrade, or Celsius thermometer, and in
      the R['e]aumur thermometer, is at the point at which
      water congeals. The zero of the Fahrenheit thermometer
      is fixed at the point at which the mercury stands when
      immersed in a mixture of snow and common salt. In
      Wedgwood's pyrometer, the zero corresponds with
      1077[deg] on the Fahrenheit scale. See Illust. of
      {Thermometer}.

3. Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his
   patience had nearly reached zero.

{Absolute zero}. See under {Absolute}.

{Zero method} (Physics), a method of comparing, or measuring,
   forces, electric currents, etc., by so opposing them that
   the pointer of an indicating apparatus, or the needle of a
   galvanometer, remains at, or is brought to, zero, as
   contrasted with methods in which the deflection is
   observed directly; -- called also {null method}.

{Zero point}, the point indicating zero, or the commencement
   of a scale or reckoning.

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