Look up: zero

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   Zero
   Zero is a township in Adams County Nebraska, USA
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   zero
   [adj] - of or relating to the null set (a set with no members) 2. [adj] - indicating an initial point or origin 3. [adj] - indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration 4. [n] - a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number 5. [n] - the quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale 6. [v] - to adjust to zero value, of an instrument or device 7. [v] - adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun)
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   Zero
   1. The range at which the point of aim and the point of impact are one and the same. 2. To sight in a rifle/scope/load combination so that the bullet`s point of impact coincides with the point of aim at a preselected distance. Called this because at that distance, zero hold-over is required when aiming
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   Zero
   To set the display to show zero weight. Used to reset the zero condition of a scale when small amounts of material are on the platform. Zero does not take away from the capacity of a scale. However it will only work in a very small range around the original zero condition for the scale. Zero and Tare are often combined on one key, the terms are often used interchangeably.
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   Zero
   In 876BC a symbol to represent zero was first used in India.
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   ZERO
   (language) An object oriented extension of Z. ['Object Orientation in Z', S. Stepney et al eds, Springer 1992]. [Jargon File] (1995-03-30)
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   zero
   1. (character) 0, ASCI character 48. Numeric zero, as opposed to the letter 'O' (the 15th letter of the English alphabet). In their unmodified forms they look a lot alike, and various kluges invented to make them visually distinct have compounded the confusion. If your zero is centre-dotted and letter-O is not, or if letter-O looks almost rectang...
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   Zero
   Group Zero or Group O, often referred to simply as Zero. German group formed in Dusseldorf in 1957 by Otto Piene and Heinz Mack, joined in 1960 by Gunther Uecker. A number of other artists were associated or exhibited with Zero, most notably Yves Klein and Jean Tinguely, as well as Pol Bury and Daniel Spoerri. The name refers to the countdown for a ...
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   zero
   a variant morph which is characterised by lack of change.In English,for example,'sheep' can be singular or plural,but since most words add an affix to form the plural,it is convenient for the sake of regularity to consider that a zero affix has been added when 'sheep' is used as a plural Category: Language and literature
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    Zero
    Definition (keystage 1) The number 0.
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    Zero
    Definition (keystage 2) The number which does not change anything when you add it to another number. <br /> On the number line it lies mid way between -1 and + 1. <br /> It is the value of a set which has no members. <br /> The symbol for zero is 0.
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    Zero
    Definition (keystage 3) The number which, when we are counting, corresponds to having none of whatever we are counting. <br /> The number which we can add to anything without changing it (ie the additive identity). <br /> The number which is unchanged by multiplication by other numbers.<br /> Note that if we divide a number by zer ...
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    Zero
    Ze'ro noun ; plural Zeros or Zeroes . [ French zéro , from Arabic çafrun , çifrun , empty, a cipher. Confer Cipher .] 1. (Arith.) A cipher; nothing; naught. 2. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences. » Zero in the Centigrade, or Celsius thermometer, and in the Réaumur th ...
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    zero
    Origin: F. Zero, from Ar. Cafrun, cifrun, empty, a cipher. Cf. Cipher. ... 1. <mathematics> A cipher; nothing; naught. ... 2. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences. ... Zero in the Centigrade, or Celsius thermometer, and in the Reaumur thermometer, is at the point at which water congeals. The zero of the ...
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    zero
    0 adjective indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; `a zero score`
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    zero
    adjective of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)
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    zero
    zero point noun the quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale
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    zero
    (ze´ro) the absence of all quantity or magnitude; naught. the point on a thermometer scale at which the graduations begin. The zero of the Celsius (centigrade) scale is the ice point; on the Fahrenheit scale it is 32 degrees below the ice point. absolute zero the lowes...
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    Zero
    • (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. • (n.) A cipher; nothing; naught.
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    zero
    (from the article `mathematics`) ...and so on. In fact, could represent any power of 60. The context determined which power was intended. The Babylonians appear to have developed a ... ...well before that time to China and the Islamic world. Indian arithmetic, moreover, developed consistent and correct rules for operating with ... M...
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    Zero
    (from the article `Unruh, Fritz von`) ...the coming Nazi dictatorship in his drama Bonaparte (1927) and continued to press his warnings in Berlin in Monte Carlo (1931) and Zero (1932).
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    Zero
    fighter aircraft, a single-seat, low-wing monoplane used with great effect by the Japanese during World War II. Designed by Horikoshi Jiro, it was ... [3 related articles]
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    Zero
    Zero is a Greek boy name. The meaning of the name is `Seeds` Zera,Zero,Zera The name Zero doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Zero seems to be unique!
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    zero
    
    1. a quantity of no importance
    2. a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
    
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    zero
    The integer, denoted 0, which, when used as a counting number, indicates that no objects are present. It is the only integer that is neither negative nor positive. Zero is both a number and a numeral. The number zero is the size of the empty set but it is not the empty set itself, nor is it the same...
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