Definitions for zero

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zero ze·ro

Spelling: [zeer-oh]

IPA: /ˈzɪər oʊ/

Zero is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 18 anagrams from letters in zero (eorz).

Definitions for zero

noun

1. the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
2. the origin of any kind of measurement; line or point from which all divisions of a scale, as a thermometer, are measured in either a positive or a negative direction.
3. a mathematical value intermediate between positive and negative values.
4. naught; nothing.
5. the lowest point or degree.
6. Linguistics. the absence of a linguistic element, as a phoneme or morpheme, in a position in which one previously existed or might by analogy be expected to exist, often represented by the symbol 0̷:
7. Ordnance. a sight setting for both elevation and windage on any particular range causing a projectile to strike the center of the target on a normal day, under favorable light conditions, with no wind blowing.
8. Mathematics. the identity element of a group in which the operation is addition. (of a function, especially of a function of a complex variable) a point at which a given function, usually a function of a complex variable, has the value zero; a root.
9. (initial capital letter) a single-engine Japanese fighter plane used in World War II.

adjective

1. amounting to zero:
2. having no measurable quantity or magnitude; not any:
3. Linguistics. noting a hypothetical morphological element that is posited as existing by analogy with a regular pattern of inflection or derivation in a language, but is not represented by any sequence of phonological elements:
4. Meteorology. (of an atmospheric ceiling) pertaining to or limiting vertical visibility to 50 feet (15.2 meters) or less. of, relating to, or limiting horizontal visibility to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
5. Finance. zero-coupon.
6. being or pertaining to the precise time, as a specific hour or second, when something must or does happen, as the explosion of a nuclear weapon:

Verb phrases

1. zero in, to aim (a rifle, etc.) at the precise center or range of a target.
2. zero in on, to aim directly at (a target). to direct one's attention to; focus on; concentrate on. to converge on; close in on.

verb (used with object)

1. to adjust (an instrument or apparatus) to a zero point or to an arbitrary reading from which all other readings are to be measured.
2. to reduce to zero.
3. Slang. to kill (a congressional bill, appropriation, etc.):

Origin of zero

1595-1605; Italian Medieval Latin zephirum Arabic ṣifr cipher

Examples for zero

Not quite, but at one point the temperature registered 29 below zero, with 21 inches of snow.

Islamic State brought “peace, autonomy, zero corruption, low crime-rate,” he Tweeted last month.

The longer someone stays well, the lower their chance of relapsing, although that possibility never becomes zero.

From the confidence of victory now he had fallen to the zero of certain failure.

The temperature must have been at least ten degrees below zero.

During the recession net immigration to the U.S. from Mexico fell to zero or less.

My spirits which had been down to zero had gone up with a bound.

Faint shouts rose in the zero night, toots and sharp whistles.

On the 15th of June, the thermometer stood at 57 above zero.

In some ways, the Esme Beltagy Center is ground zero for the conflicting social forces buffeting Turkey.