Meaning

12 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Null

    нольnolʹ, нульnulʹ

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

    One million has six zeroes.

    Null

    нольnolʹ

  3. (informal, uncountable)Nothing, or none.

    zero-defect

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

  4. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Nullpunkt

  5. (countable, uncountable)The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.

    The temperature outside is ten degrees below zero.

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

  6. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Nullstelle

  7. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Null

  8. (countable, slang, uncountable)A person dismissed as unimportant.

    They rudely treated him like a zero.

    Null, Nichts, Niemand

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

    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. (countable, historical, informal, uncountable)A casual misspelling of Zero ("a fighter aircraft operated by Imperial Japan during World War II").

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

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

    The takeovers were financed by issuing zeroes.

Examples

226 sentences
  1. The temperature is below zero today.

    Сьогодні температура нижче нуля.

    ruСегодня температура ниже нуля.

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  2. Today, too, the temperature is below zero.

    Сьогодні температура знову нижче нуля.

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  3. We're starting from zero.

    Ми починаємо з нуля.

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  4. It's six degrees below zero.

    Зараз мінус шість градусів.

    ruШесть градусов ниже нуля.

    deEs sind sechs Grad unter Null.

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  5. Water has zero calories.

    Вода має нуль калорій.

    ruВ воде ноль калорий.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
numeric symbol of zero:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
nothing, or none — see also nothing, null:
zero value of a magnitude:
value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero — see also root:
person of little importance — see also nobody, absolute zero:

Origin

Collectively borrowed from Early Modern Spanish zero, Middle French zero, and (their etymo

Collectively borrowed from Early Modern Spanish zero, Middle French zero, and (their etymon) Old Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zēphirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing; cipher”), itself calqued from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnyá, “void; nothingness”). Doublet of cipher and chiffre. Cognate with Spanish cero and French zéro.

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Forms

plural: zeros / zeroes
Singularzero
Pluralzeros / zeroes

regular

Synonyms

86 synonyms
point of origin on a scale:originB1zero point
numeric symbol zero:cipher
digit zero:slashed zero
identity element of a monoid:additive identity
lowest point:nadir
Close in meaning
  • the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured:zero point
  • a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number:0noughtciphercypher
  • a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential:nothingnilnixnadanullaughtciphercypher

Antonyms

1 antonyms
value of a function's variables at zero:poleB1

Word family

25 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • below zero
  • degrees below zero
  • is below zero

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
zero — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto