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Zero

adjective

1.

Indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration. Synonym: 0.

2.

Having no measurable or otherwise determinable value.

3.

Indicating an initial point or origin.

4.

Of or relating to the null set (a set with no members).

noun

(pl. zeros or zeroes)

1.

A quantity of no importance. Synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zilch, zip, zippo. "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"

2.

A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number. Synonyms: 0, cipher, cypher, nought.

3.

The point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured. Synonym: zero point.

4.

The sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing.

verb

1.

Adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value.

2.

Adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun). Synonym: zero in.

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