zero — Englisches Wörterbuch

Numerale

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

   Synonyme

   cipherlovenaughtnilnonoughtnullzilchzippo

   Verwandte Wörter

   Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

   Beispiele

   The conductor waited until the passenger count was zero.

   A cheque for zero dollars and zero cents crashed the computers on division by zero.

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   Last year, it scored 26 on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index which ranks countries on a scale of zero to 100, with zero meaning “highly corrupt” and 100 signifying that a country is “very clean.”

   "A zero itself is nothing, but without a zero you cannot count anything. Therefore, a zero is something, yet zero." These words of wisdom from the Dalai Lama might not have been in the minds of planners and engineers when designing new railway station platforms, but for several main line stations, zero is indeed something. Eight stations in the UK now operate a Platform 0 - from Cardiff to Kings Cross, Doncaster and Haymarket.

Substantiv

1. The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.

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   Beispiele

   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.

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   The zero sign in American Sign Language is considered rude in some cultures.

2. The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.

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   One million has six zeroes.

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   His idea is to stand billions of ultrafine wire loops around the edge of a silicon chip — hence the name racetrack — and use electric current to slide infinitesimally small magnets up and down along each of the wires to be read and written as digital ones and zeros.

   Here is the formal definition: an autobiographical number is a number N such that the first digit of N counts how many zeroes are in N, the second digit counts how many ones are in N and so on. In our example, 1210 has 1 zero, 2 ones, 1 two and 0 threes.

   This effectively allows switching on and off of the flow of current, so it is either conducting or not conducting, creating the binary system of zeroes and ones used in digital computers.

3. Nothing, or none.

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   zero-defect

   The shipment was lost, so they had zero in stock.

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   He knows zero about humour.

   In the end, all of our hard work amounted to zero.

4. The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.

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   The electromagnetic field does not drop all of the way to zero before a reversal.

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   Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.

5. The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.

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   The temperature outside is ten degrees below zero.

6. A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.

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   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.

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   The nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function may all lie on the critical line.

   As the next example shows, the set of zeros may well have a limit point not belonging to the domain.

7. The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.

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   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.

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   The quotient ring over a maximal ideal is a field with a single zero element.

8. A person dismissed as unimportant.

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   Synonyme

   ciphernobodynonentityloser

   Beispiele

   They rudely treated him like a zero.

9. A difference that is present at an abstract level, but not realized in the form, that is, superficially (on the surface).

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   Sometimes a difference in intended meaning has only a zero to mark it, in which case the utterance may be ambiguous when context alone does not fully clarify it.

10. A casual misspelling of Zero ("a fighter aircraft operated by Imperial Japan during World War II").

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11. A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm, corresponding to a zero value.

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12. A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).

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    The takeovers were financed by issuing zeroes.

Determinativ

1. Synonym of no.

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   She showed zero respect.

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   You have to salute Gerrard's bravery in accepting the challenge of trying to turn Rangers around given that he has zero experience in senior management. Immortality beckons if he does it.

Adjektiv

1. Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.

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   • not-comparable

2. Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.

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   • not-comparable

3. Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.

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   • not-comparable

   Beispiele

   The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet".

4. Used in the names of foodstuffs, especially beverages, to indicate a version with no calories

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   • not-comparable
   • postpositional

Verb

1. To set some amount to be zero.

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   Beispiele

   They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.

   Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization.

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   Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction.

   George parked in space 34, zeroed the trip meter, closed and locked his car, then went back to the guard shack.

2. To disappear or make something disappear.

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   Traffic on the encrypted channels used by senior Iraqi generals had peaked and zeroed, then peaked again, and zeroed again.

   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,

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   If I zeroed Jack, I'd get by So I'd erased him, pretended the last few months had never happened.

3. To adjust until the variance is reduced to an acceptably low amount.

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   The soldier took his gun to the shooting range to zero its aim.

Adjektiv

1. indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration

   Beispiele

   a zero score

2. having no measurable or otherwise determinable value

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   the goal is zero population growth

3. indicating an initial point or origin

4. of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)

Substantiv

1. a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

   Synonyme

   nothingnilnixnadanullaughtciphercyphergoose eggnaughtzilchzipzippo

   Oberbegriffe

   relative quantity

   Beispiele

   it looked like nothing I had ever seen before

   reduced to nil all the work we had done

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   we racked up a pathetic goose egg

   it was all for naught

   I didn't hear zilch about it

2. a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

   Synonyme

   noughtciphercypher

   Oberbegriffe

   digitfigure

3. the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured

   Synonyme

   zero point

   Oberbegriffe

   numerical quantity

4. the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing

   Oberbegriffe

   sight setting

Verb

1. adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value

   Oberbegriffe

   adjustsetcorrect

2. adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun)

   Synonyme

   zero in

   Oberbegriffe

   adjustsetcorrect

   Beispiele

   He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards