Zero

Cardinal number

 * 1)  The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.
 * The conductor waited until the passenger count was zero.
 * A cheque for zero dollars and zero cents crashed the computers on division by zero.

Synonyms

 * 0, aught, cipher, goose egg, naught, nil, no, null

Derived terms

 * division by zero
 * zero method
 * zeroth, zeroeth

Noun

 * 1) The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
 * In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string.
 * Write 0.0 to indicate a floating point rather than the integer zero.
 * The zero sign in American Sign Language is considered rude in some cultures.
 * 1) The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
 * One million has six zeroes.
 * 1)  Nothing, or none.
 * The shipment was lost, so they had zero in stock.
 * He knows zero about humor.
 * In the end, all of our hard work amounted to zero.
 * 1) The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
 * The electromagnetic field does not drop all of the way to zero before a reversal.
 * 1) The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
 * The temperature outside is ten degrees below zero.
 * 1)  A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
 * The zeros of a polynomial are its roots by the fundamental theorem of algebra.
 * The derivative of a continuous, differentiable function that twice crosses the axis must have a zero.
 * The nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function may all lie on the critical line.
 * 1)  The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
 * Since a commutative zero is the inverse of any additive identity, it must be unique when it exists.
 * The quotient ring over a maximal ideal is a field with a single zero element.
 * 1)  A person of little or no importance.
 * They rudely treated him like a zero.
 * 1)  A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
 * 2) A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm.
 * 3)  A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
 * The takeovers were financed by issuing zeroes.

Synonyms

 * cipher
 * slashed zero
 * origin, zero point
 * nadir
 * bugger all, nada, naught, nil, nothing, nought, nowt, null, sod all, sweet FA, sweet Fanny Adams, zilch, zip
 * cipher, nobody, nonentity
 * (''value of a function’s variables at zero): root
 * additive identity

Derived terms

 * absolute zero
 * aleph-zero
 * decimal without a zero
 * go from zero to hero
 * ground zero
 * negative zero
 * non-zero
 * positive zero
 * size zero
 * sub-zero
 * zero air


 * zero-based budget
 * zero based indexing
 * zero coupon bond
 * zero-day
 * zero deflection
 * zero-dimensional
 * zero-emission vehicle
 * zero-grade
 * zero hour
 * zero hundred


 * zero-knowledge
 * zero-knowledge proof
 * zero-length launching
 * zero one infinity rule
 * zero-point energy
 * zero-rated
 * zero-sum
 * zero-sum game
 * zero vector
 * zero gravity

Adjective

 * 1)  Virtually none.
 * She showed zero respect.
 * 1)  Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
 * 2)  Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
 * 3)  Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the data.
 * The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet".

Synonyms

 * no

Derived terms

 * zero tolerance

Verb

 * 1)  To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.
 * Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction.
 * 1)  To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.
 * Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization.
 * 1)  To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.
 * They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.
 * 1)  To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.
 * 2) * 2001, Mark Pesce, "True Magic", in True Names by Vernor Vinge and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier, James Frenkel (editor)
 * They discovered the object code for the simulator that was DON, and zeroed it. DON — or his creator — was clever and had planted many copies,
 * 1) * 2004, Anna Maxted, Being Committed, page 358
 * If I zeroed Jack, I'd get by So I'd erased him, pretended the last few months had never happened.
 * 1)  To disappear
 * 2) * 1997, Tom Clancy, Executive Orders, page 340
 * Traffic on the encrypted channels used by senior Iraqi generals had peaked and zeroed, then peaked again, and zeroed again.

Synonyms

 * tare
 * zero out

Derived terms

 * zero in
 * zero in on
 * zero out

Verbs for Zero
(rating)

achieve—; bestow—; concede—; degrade to —; dole out—; fling—; impose—; incur—; merit—; rate—; scorn—; solicit—; tender —; threaten—; withdraw—; —confounds; —contradicts; —destroys; —disorders; — strikes.

Thesaurus
absolute zero, aught, blank, boiling point, cipher, concentrate on, dew point, duck, dud, dummy, fix on, focus on, freezing point, goose egg, hollow man, home in on, insignificancy, jackstraw, lay figure, man of straw, melting point, nada, nadir, naught, nebbish, nichts, nihil, nil, nix, no such thing, nobody, nonentity, nothing, nothing at all, nothing on earth, nothing whatever, nought, null, nullity, pinpoint, puppet, pushover, recalescence point, rock bottom, temperature, thing of naught, trifle, void, whiffet, whippersnapper, zero in on, zilch

Etymology
From zéro:, from  zero:, from  zephirum:, from  صفر:.

Cardinal number

 * Arabic: (ṣifr) (numeral: )
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: সূঞ (suunya)
 * Azeri: sıfır
 * Belarusian: нуль
 * Bengali: শূন্য (shunno) (numeral: ০)
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: သုည
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎧᏂᎩᏛ, Ꮭ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ
 * Chinese: 零 (líng) (numeral: 〇, 零)
 * Min Nan:
 * Teochew: kang3, leng5
 * Corsican: zeru
 * Crimean Tatar: sıfır
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Filipino: sero
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ნული
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: મીંડું (miidu) (numeral: ૦)
 * Hebrew: אֶפֶס (éffes)
 * Hindi: शून्य (numeral: ०), सिफ़र
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: zero
 * Irish: neamhní, nialas
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 零 (れい, rei), ゼロ (zero)
 * : (numeral: ೦)
 * Karachay-Balkar:
 * Kazakh: нөл
 * Khmer: (sōn) (numeral: )
 * Korean: 영 [零] (yeong)
 * Kurdish:
 * Kazakh: нөл
 * Khmer: (sōn) (numeral: )
 * Korean: 영 [零] (yeong)
 * Kurdish:


 * Kyrgyz: нөль
 * Lao: ເລກສູນ, ສູນ (numeral: )
 * Latvian:
 * Lojban:
 * Malayalam: പൂജ്യം
 * Maltese: żero
 * Manx: neunhee
 * Mongolian: тэг (numeral: )
 * Navajo:
 * Northern Sami: nol'la
 * Norwegian:
 * Novial: sero, zero
 * Ojibwe: waawiyebii'igan, gaawiin gegoo
 * : (numeral: ୦)
 * Persian: (sefr) (numeral: )
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਸਿਫ਼ਰ (sifar) (numeral: ੦)
 * Quechua: ch'usaq
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: neoni
 * Serbian:
 * Sindhi: (buri)
 * Sinhalese: ශුන්යය
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Somali: eber
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: сифр
 * Tatar: ,
 * Telugu: సున్న(sunna), శూన్యము(Soonyamu) (numeral: ౦):
 * Thai: (súún) (numeral: )
 * : (numeral: ༠)
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: зеро, нуль
 * Urdu: صفر
 * Uyghur: نۆل
 * Vietnamese: số không, zêrô
 * Võro: nulĺ
 * Welsh: sero
 * West Frisian: nul
 * Vietnamese: số không, zêrô
 * Võro: nulĺ
 * Welsh: sero
 * West Frisian: nul
 * West Frisian: nul

Noun

 * American Sign Language: see last row of chart
 * Arabic:, ,
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Null, Null-,
 * Japanese:, ,  ,


 * Kurdish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: neoni
 * Sindhi:
 * Slovene: ničla
 * Spanish: cero
 * Swedish:, -
 * Tatar: ноль, nol
 * Turkish: sıfır


 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian:
 * Norwegian:


 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: neoni
 * Sindhi: (buri)
 * Slovene: ničla
 * Spanish: cero
 * Swedish:
 * Tatar: ноль, nol


 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan: res
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Filipino: wala
 * Finnish: ei mitään
 * German:
 * Interlingua: zero, nihil
 * Kurdish:


 * Latvian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: neoni
 * Sindhi: (buri)
 * Spanish: cero, nada , nulo , nula ,
 * Swedish:, , noll och ingenting
 * Telugu: సున్నా (sunnaa), శూన్యం (SUnyaM)


 * Danish: nulpunkt
 * Finnish:
 * German: Nullpunkt
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:


 * Norwegian: nullpunkt
 * Polish:
 * Scottish Gaelic: neoni
 * Sindhi: (buri)
 * Swedish:


 * Bosnian:
 * Breton: mann, zero
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: nulpunkt
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: אפס (éffes)
 * Interlingua: zero
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:


 * Latvian:
 * Maltese: żero
 * Norwegian: nullpunkt
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: neoni
 * Sindhi: (buri)
 * Slovene: ničla
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tatar: ноль, nol
 * Vietnamese: số không, zêrô


 * Bosnian:
 * Danish: nulværdi
 * Finnish:
 * German: Nullstelle
 * Icelandic: núllstöð
 * Interlingua: zero, nihil
 * Japanese: 零点
 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian:


 * Polish:, miejsce zerowe
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: neoni
 * Sindhi: (buri)
 * Slovene: ničla
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tatar: ноль, nol


 * German:
 * Kurdish:
 * Polish:


 * Scottish Gaelic: neoni
 * Sindhi: (buri)
 * Swedish: nollelement


 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan: zero a l'esquerra
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: nululo
 * Finnish:
 * German: Null, Nichts , Niemand
 * Interlingua: zero, nihil
 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian:


 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: neoni
 * Sindhi: (buri)
 * Spanish: don nadie, cero a la izquierda
 * Swedish:
 * Tatar: ноль, nol


 * Finnish: lukitus

Adjective

 * Danish: ,
 * Finnish: ei mitään
 * Kurdish:
 * Scottish Gaelic: neoni


 * Spanish: cero, nulo
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, -,


 * Finnish: nolla
 * Kurdish:


 * Swahili:


 * Finnish: nolla
 * Kurdish:


 * Swahili:


 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Polish:


 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, -

Verb

 * Catalan: posar a zero
 * Czech: vynulovat
 * Danish: nulstille
 * Dutch: op nul zetten
 * Estonian: nullima
 * Finnish:
 * French: mettre à zéro
 * German: nullen, auf Null stellen
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: איפס
 * Hungarian: nulláz


 * Interlingua: reducer a zero, adjustar a zero
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish: sifir kirin
 * Polish: wyzerować, zerować
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: a reduce la zero
 * Russian: настраивать на нуль (nastráivat’ na nul’)
 * Spanish: poner a cero
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, nollställa


 * Finnish: nollata, tasapainottaa


 * Russian: обнулить

Cardinal number

 * 1)  zero
 * 2)  zero; origin point of a scale

Etymology
From zero:, from  zephirum:, from  صفر:.

Cardinal number

 * 1) zero

Adjective
zero


 * 1) zero

Noun

 * 1) zero
 * 2) nil (football)

Derived terms

 * a zero
 * zero assoluto
 * zero spaccato
 * zero zero sette
 * l'ora zero

Noun

 * 1)  zero, naught, nothing

Noun
zero


 * 1)  yellow
 * 2) blond (male person)

Etymology
Compounded from zer + -ê.

Cardinal numeral

 * 1)  zero.

Noun
zero


 * 1) Zero.

Cardinal number
zero


 * 1)  zero

Etymology
zéro