Zero
['zɪərəʊ] or ['zɪro]
Definition
(noun.) the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing.
(noun.) the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured.
(noun.) a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number.
(verb.) adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); 'He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards'.
(verb.) adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value.
(adj.) indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; 'a zero score' .
(adj.) indicating an initial point or origin .
(adj.) of or relating to the null set (a set with no members) .
(adj.) having no measurable or otherwise determinable value; 'the goal is zero population growth' .
Typist: Shelley--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A cipher; nothing; naught.
(n.) The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.
(n.) Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.
Inputed by Claude
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Naught, nought, nothing, cipher.
Editor: Terence
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Naught, cipher, nothing
ANT:Something, an_existence, creature
Typed by Cecil
Definition
n. cipher: nothing: the point from which the reckoning begins on scales such as those of the barometer &c.
Inputed by Deborah
Unserious Contents or Definition
Originally, nothing; but now meaning a good deal on a thermometer or bank-draft, and comprising two-thirds of the 400.
Typist: Nigel
Examples
- Nobody got enough to eat; the bedclothes were too short and too thin; it was 28 degrees below zero, and the wash-water was frozen solid. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If the magnet is allowed to remain at rest within the coil, the needle returns to its zero position, showing that the current has ceased. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If one square inch of platina be heated to 100 degrees it will fall to, say, zero in one second, whereas, if it was at 200 degrees it would require two seconds. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Adams was laid off, and as his financial resources had reached absolute zero centigrade, I undertook to let him sleep in my hall bedroom. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- By repeating this operation the final temperature of 372° below zero is reached, at which the air liquifies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The strip, A, is first put under a slight pressure, deflecting the needle a few degrees from zero. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Oliver