Zero

Quick meaning: Zero is a numeral meaning The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
2. The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
3. (informal, uncountable) Nothing, or none.
4. The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
5. The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
6. (mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
7. (mathematics, algebra) The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.

Example Sentences

One million has six zeroes.

The conductor waited until the passenger count was 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.

Word Forms

• zeros
• zeroes
• zeroing
• zeroed

Synonyms for zero

Depending on context, synonyms include cipher, love, nought, zilch, zippo, origin.

Antonyms for zero

Common opposites include pole.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ordinal, cypher, cipher, nada, cardinal, aught.

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