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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • used with noun Virtually none.
  • linguistics Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the data.
  • meteorology Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
  • meteorology Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.

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Cardinal number:

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

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Noun:

  • A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm.
  • finance A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
  • uncountable Nothing, or none.
  • mathematics A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
  • mathematics The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
  • military A plane flown by a Japanese kamikaze in WWII.
  • slang A person of little or no importance.
  • The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
  • The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
  • The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
  • The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To disappear
  • computing To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.
  • transitive To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.
  • transitive To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.
  • transitive To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.

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