zero

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈziro], [ˈziˈro]

Noun

zero

1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet clear code for the digit 0.
   • Synonym: nadazero (ITU/IMO)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈzɪə.ɹəʊ/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈzɪə.ɹaʉ/
• Hyphenation: ze‧ro

Numeral

zero

1. 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.

Noun

zero (countable and uncountable, plural zeros or zeroes)

1. 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.
2. The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
   • One million has six zeroes.
3. (informal, uncountable) 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.
4. 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.
5. The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
   • The temperature outside is ten degrees below zero.
6. (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.
7. (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.
8. (slang) A person of little or no importance.
   • They rudely treated him like a zero.
9. (military) A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
10. A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm, corresponding to a zero value.
11. (finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
    • The takeovers were financed by issuing zeroes.

Adjective

zero (not comparable)

1. (informal) No, not any.
   • She showed zero respect.
2. (meteorology) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
3. (meteorology) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
4. (linguistics) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.
   • The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet".

Verb

zero (third-person singular simple present zeroes or zeros, present participle zeroing, simple past and past participle zeroed)

1. (transitive) To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate an instrument scale to valid zero.
   • 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. (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.
3. (transitive) To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.
   • They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.
   • The bill was over $400, but the server zeroed it out as a gesture of gratitude.
4. (transitive) To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.
5. (intransitive) To disappear.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /s̻eɾo/, [s̻e̞.ɾo̞]

Numeral

zero

1. zero
   • Synonym: huts

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA: /ˈzɛ.ɾo/
• (Central) IPA: /ˈzɛ.ɾu/

Numeral

zero m or f

1. (cardinal number) zero
2. (metrology) zero; origin point of a scale

Noun

zero m (plural zeros)

1. zero

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈze.ro/

Numeral

zero

1. (temperature) zero
2. (arithmetic) cipher, nought

Noun

zero (first-person possessive zeroku, second-person possessive zeromu, third-person possessive zeronya)

1. zero

Numeral

zero

1. zero

Pronunciation

• IPA: ^*/ˈd͡zɛ.ro/
• Hyphenation: zè‧ro

Numeral

zero (invariable)

1. zero

Noun

zero m (plural zeri)

1. zero
2. nil (football)

Romanization

zero

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゼロ

Noun

zerō

1. dative/ablative singular of zerum

Noun

zero m

1. blond (male person)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈzɛ.rɔ/
• Syllabification: ze‧ro

Numeral

zero n

1. zero

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ze‧ro

Numeral

zero m or f

1. zero
   • Synonym: (equivalent pronoun) nenhum
   • Vieram zero pessoas.

     • Zero people came.

Noun

zero m (plural zeros)

1. zero (name of the digit 0)
2. zero (worthless person)
3. nothing
4. (mathematics) zero (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero)
   • Synonym: raiz

Verb

zero

1. first-person singular present indicative of zerar

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈze.ro/
• Hyphenation: ze‧ro

Numeral

zero

1. zero