zero

  • (noun): The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
  • (noun): The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
  • (noun): Nothing, or none.
  • (noun): The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
  • (noun): The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
  • (noun): A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
  • (noun): The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
  • (noun): A person of little or no importance.
  • (noun): A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
  • (noun): A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm.
  • (noun): A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
  • (verb): To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.
  • (verb): To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.
  • (verb): To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.
  • (verb): To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.
  • (verb): To disappear
  • (adjective): No, not any
  • (adjective): Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
  • (adjective): Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
  • (adjective): Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.
  • (numeral): The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.
  • In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string.
  • One million has six zeroes.
  • He knows zero about humour.
  • The electromagnetic field does not drop all of the way to zero before a reversal.
  • The temperature outside is ten degrees below zero.