nullity
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French nullité, from Medieval Latin nullitas, from Latin nullus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (UK): (file)
Noun[edit]
nullity (countable and uncountable, plural nullities)
- The state of being null, or void, or invalid.
- nullity of marriage
- (law) A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.
- (mathematics) The difference between the rank of a matrix and the number of columns it has; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the state of being null, or void, or invalid
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