zero
IPA: zˈɪroʊ
noun
- The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
- The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
- (informal, uncountable) Nothing, or none.
- The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
- The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
- (mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
- (mathematics, algebra) The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
- (slang) A person of little or no importance.
- (military) A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
- A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm, corresponding to a zero value.
- (finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
verb
- (transitive) To set some amount to be zero.
- To disappear or make something disappear.
- to adjust until the variance is reduced to an acceptable low amount
adjective
- (informal) No, not any.
- (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.
- (linguistics) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.
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Examples of "zero" in Sentences
- The velocity of the book is zero.
- The velocity of the object is then zero.
- Initially the size of the stack is zero.
- Initially, the size of the stack is zero.
- That's the zero key on the number keypad.
- Coke Zero Presents the series of the show.
- The electric susceptibility of a vacuum is zero.
- If the speed is zero, then the propulsive power is zero.
- At a stagnation point, the velocity of the fluid is zero.
- Namely, it includes zero and negative zero, as well as subnormal numbers.
- Consider This: An intriguing image characterizes this unusual name, but its similarity to the word zero may be holding it back.
- The term "zero tolerance" came into popular usage during the Reagan presidency when Congress passed the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act.
- The term zero-energy home was coined by the Department of Energy as part of a program to create technologies for homes that would produce all of their own energy by 2010.
- The potential of electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles to dramatically cut emissions from cars is tremendous, though the term "zero emissions motoring" needs to be treated with caution.
- Over the past two months in particular, Turkey's leaders have been adjusting a foreign policy that went under the rubric "zero problems with neighbors" to changes forced by the Arab Spring, analysts say.