Zero vs. Null

Zeronumeral

The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

Zeronoun

The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.

Zeronoun

The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.

Zeronoun

Nothing, or none.

Zeronoun

The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.

Zeronoun

The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.

Zeronoun

(mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.

Zeronoun

The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.

Zeronoun

(slang) A person of little or no importance.

Zeronoun

(military) A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.

Zeronoun

A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm.

Zeronoun

(finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).

Zeroadjective

(informal) no, not any

Zeroadjective

(meteorology) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.

Zeroadjective

(meteorology) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.

Zeroadjective

(linguistics) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the data.

Zeroverb

(transitive) To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.

Zeroverb

To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.

Zeroverb

(transitive) To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.

Zeroverb

(transitive) To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.

Zeroverb

(intransitive) To disappear

Zeronoun

A cipher; nothing; naught.

Zeronoun

The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.

Zeronoun

Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.

Zeronoun

a quantity of no importance;

Zeronoun

a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

Zeronoun

the quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale

Zeroverb

adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value

Zeroverb

adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun);

Zeroadjective

indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration;

Zeroadjective

indicating an initial point or origin

Zeroadjective

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

Zeroadjective

having no measurable or otherwise determinable value;

Nullnoun

A non-existent or empty value or set of values.

Nullnoun

Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.

Nullnoun

Something that has no force or meaning.

Nullnoun

(computing) the ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.

Nullnoun

(computing) the attribute of an entity that has no valid value.

Nullnoun

One of the beads in nulled work.

Nullnoun

(statistics) null hypothesis

Nulladjective

Having no validity; "null and void"

Nulladjective

Insignificant.

Nulladjective

Absent or non-existent.

Nulladjective

(mathematics) Of the null set.

Nulladjective

(mathematics) Of or comprising a value of precisely zero.

Nulladjective

Causing a complete loss of gene function, amorphic.

Nullverb

To nullify; to annul.

Nullverb

To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe.

Nullverb

(computing) To crack, to remove restrictions or limitations in software.

Nulladjective

Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless.

Nulladjective

Having a value of zero; as, of null utility.

Nulladjective

Empty; having no members; as, the null set.

Nulladjective

Unassigned or meaningless; - a special value given to variables, especially pointers or logical variables, indicating that it is meaningless and cannot be used in computation; as, an uninitialized pointer in "C" is given a null value. The actual value that is stored in memory to indicate the null condition may vary with the computer language used.

Nullnoun

Something that has no force or meaning.

Nullnoun

That which has no value; a cipher; zero.

Nullnoun

One of the beads in nulled work.

Nullverb

To annul.

Nullnoun

a quantity of no importance;

Nulladjective

lacking any legal or binding force;