| zero [a] |
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| 1) | indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; "a zero score" |
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| Synonyms : | 0 |
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| cardinal |
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| 2) | indicating an initial point or origin |
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| ordinal |
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| 3) | of or relating to the null set (a set with no members) |
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| null_set |
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| 4) | having no measurable or otherwise determinable value; "the goal is zero population growth" |
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| no |
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| zero [n] |
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| 1) | 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" |
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| Synonyms : | aught cipher cypher goose_egg nada naught nil nix nothing null zilch zip |
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| relative_quantity nihil bugger_all |
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| 2) | a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number |
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| Synonyms : | 0 cipher cypher nought |
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| digit calculate |
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| 3) | the quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale |
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| Synonyms : | zero_point |
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| numerical_quantity |
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| zero [v] |
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| 1) | adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value |
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| adjust aught 0 |
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| 2) | adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards" |
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| Synonyms : | zero_in |
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| adjust |
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