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| zero |
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| Engels > Engels |
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| zero |
| 1. num. (cardinal) 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. |
| 2. n. 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 number rather than the integer zero. |
| The zero sign in American Sign Language is considered rude in some cultures. |
| 3. n. The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems. |
| One million has six zeroes. |
| 4. n. (informal) Nothing, or none. |
| The shipment was lost, so they had zero in stock. |
| He knows zero about humour. |
| In the end, all of our hard work amounted to zero. |
| 5. n. 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. |
| 6. n. The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates. |
| The temperature outside is ten degrees below zero. |
| 7. n. (mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero. |
| The zeroes 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. |
| 8. n. (mathematics, algebra) 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 zero (of a ring or field) has the property that the product of the zero with any element yields the zero. |
| The quotient ring over a maximal ideal is a field with a single zero element. |
| 9. n. (slang) A person of little or no importance. |
| They rudely treated him like a zero. |
| 10. n. (military) A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945. |
| 11. n. A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm. |
| 12. n. (finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest). |
| The takeovers were financed by issuing zeroes. |
| 13. adj. (informal) no, not any |
| She showed zero respect. |
| 14. adj. (meteorology) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less. |
| 15. adj. (meteorology) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less. |
| 16. adj. (linguistics) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the data. |
| The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet". |
| 17. v. To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero. |
| Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction. |
| 18. v. (transitive, computing) 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. |
| 19. v. To cause or set some value or amount to be zero. |
| They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter. |
| 20. v. To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros. |
| 21. v. (intransitive) To disappear |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| nul |
| 1. num. zero, nought |
| 2. n-m. (mathematics) A zero, naught, the numerical expression of none, nothing. |
| 3. n-m. (figuratively) A score of zero, the worst possible result. |
| 4. n-m. (figuratively) A good-for-nothing, worth-/use-less person. |
| 5. adj. worthless |
