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Meaning of zero

1. (n) the quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale

2. (n) a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn''t hear zilch about it"

3. (n) a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

4. (v) adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards"

5. (v) adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value

6. (adj.sat.) indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; "a zero score"

7. (adj.sat.) indicating an initial point or origin

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

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