zero
noun
1 zero
A quantity of no importance.
synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null ... show more.
Roget 101: zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher, goose egg; none, nobody, no one; nichts [G.], nixie [Slang], ... show more
Roget 4: unsubstantiality†, insubstantiality; nothingness, nihility†; no degree, no part, no quantity, no thing. nothing, naught, nil, nullity, zero, cipher, ... show more
Dutch: iets, nul, niks, niets
Polish: zero, nic
2 zero
A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number.
synonyms: 0, cipher, cypher, nought.
Dutch: niets
Polish: zero
3 zero
The point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured.
synonym: zero point.
Dutch: nul
Polish: zero
4 zero
The sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing.
verb
1 zero
Adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value.
2 zero
Adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun):
— He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards.
synonym: zero in.
adjective
1 zero
Indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration:
— A zero score.
synonym: 0.
2 zero
Having no measurable or otherwise determinable value.
Polish: zerowy
3 zero
Indicating an initial point or origin.
4 zero
Of or relating to the null set (a set with no members).
Moby thesaurus: absolute zero, aught, blank, boiling point, cipher, concentrate on, dew point, duck, dud, dummy, fix on, focus on, freezing point, goose egg, hollow man, home in on, insignificancy, jackstraw, lay figure, man of straw ... show more.
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