English dictionary
zero
nounPronunciation
/ˈzɪəɹəʊ/
/ˈzi(ˌ)ɹoʊ/
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
- The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
- 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.
- A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
- The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
- A person of little or no importance.
- 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.
- 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.
- To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.
- To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.
- To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.
- To disappear
adjective
- No, not any
- Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
- Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
- 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.
Example sentences
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.
The derivative of a continuous, differentiable function that twice crosses the axis must have a zero.
Since a commutative zero is the inverse of any additive identity, it must be unique when it exists.
They rudely treated him like a zero.
The takeovers were financed by issuing zeroes.
Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction.
Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization.
They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.
She showed zero respect.
The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet".
A cheque for zero dollars and zero cents crashed the computers on division by zero.