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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Cardinal number 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 Adjective 1.5.1 Synonyms 1.5.2 Derived terms 1.5.3 Translations 1.6 Verb 1.6.1 Synonyms 1.6.2 Derived terms 1.6.3 Translations 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Cardinal number 2.2.1 Derived terms 2.3 Usage notes 3 Italian 3.1 Adjective 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 3.3 See also 4 Japanese 4.1 Romaji 5 Kurdish 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 5.3 See also 6 Portuguese 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Cardinal number 6.3 Noun 7 Romanian 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Cardinal number

[edit] English

English cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : zero     Ordinal : zeroth

[edit] Etymology

From French zéro, from Italian zero, from Mediaeval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صفر (ṣifr), “‘nothing, cipher’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Aus, US) enPR: zē'rō, IPA: /ˈziɹ.oʊ/, SAMPA: /"zir\.oU/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈzɪə.ɹəʊ/, SAMPA: /"zI@.r\@U/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɪərəʊ

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zero

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

   The conductor waited until the passenger count was zero.

   A cheque for zero dollars and zero cents crashed the computers on division by zero.

[edit] Usage notes

In an adjectival sense, used with the plural of a countable noun:

I have zero dollars and zero food.

[edit] Synonyms

• 0, aught, cipher, goose egg, naught, nil, no, null

[edit] Derived terms

• division by zero
• zeroth

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[edit] Noun

zero (plural zeroes or zeros)

1. The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.

   In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string.

   Write 0.0 to indicate a floating point rather than the integer zero.

   The zero sign in American Sign Language is considered rude in some cultures.

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

   One million has six zeros.

3. (informal, uncountable) Nothing; nought; an amount or degree that is for practical purposes irrelevant.

   The shipment was lost, so they had zero in stock.

   He knows zero about humor.

   In the end, all our hard work amounted to zero.

4. A zero value of a magnitude.

   The electromagnetic field does not drop all the way to zero before a reversal.

5. A point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.

   The temperature outside is ten degrees below zero.

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

   The zeros of a polynomial are its roots by the fundamental theorem of algebra.

   The derivative of a continuous, differentiable function that twice crosses the axis must have a zero.

   The nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function may all lie on the critical line.

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

   Since a commutative zero is the inverse of any additive identity, it must be unique when it exists.

   The quotient ring over a maximal ideal is a field with a single zero element.

8. (slang) A person of little or no importance.

   They rudely treated him like a zero.

9. (military) A plane flown by a Japanese kamikaze in WWII.
10. A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm.
11. (finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).

    The takeovers were financed by issuing zeros.

[edit] Synonyms

• (numeric symbol zero): cipher
• (digit zero): slashed zero
• (point of origin on a scale): origin, zero point
• (lowest point): nadir
• (irrelevant amount): bugger all, nada, naught, nothing, nought, nowt, null, sod all, sweet FA, sweet Fanny Adams, zilch, zip
• (person of little importance): cipher, nobody, nonentity
• (value of a function’s variables at zero): root
• (identity element of a monoid): additive identity

[edit] Derived terms

absolute zero aleph-zero decimal without a zero go from zero to hero ground zero negative zero non-zero positive zero size zero sub-zero zero air

zero-based budget zero based indexing zero coupon bond zero-day zero deflection zero-dimensional zero-emission vehicle zero-grade zero hour zero hundred

zero-knowledge zero-knowledge proof zero-length launching zero one infinity rule zero-point energy zero-rated zero-sum zero-sum game zero vector zero gravity

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[edit] Adjective

zero (not comparable)

1. (informal) For all practical purposes irrelevant. Usage: zero + noun.

   She showed zero respect.

2. (meteorology) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
3. (meteorology) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
4. (linguistics) Present at an abstract level but not realized in the data.

   The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet".

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• (informal: for all practical purposes irrelevant): no

[edit] Derived terms

• zero tolerance

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[edit] Verb

to zero (third-person singular simple present zeroes, present participle zeroing, simple past and past participle zeroed)

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

   Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction.

2. (transitive, computing) To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.

   Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization.

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

   They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.

4. (transitive) To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.
   • 2001, Mark Pesce, "True Magic", in True Names by Vernor Vinge and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier, James Frenkel (editor)

     They discovered the object code for the simulator that was DON, and zeroed it. DON — or his creator — was clever and had planted many copies,

   • 2004, Anna Maxted, Being Committed, page 358

     If I zeroed Jack, I'd get by So I'd erased him, pretended the last few months had never happened.

5. (intransitive) To disappear
   • 1997, Tom Clancy, Executive Orders, page 340

     Traffic on the encrypted channels used by senior Iraqi generals had peaked and zeroed, then peaked again, and zeroed again.

[edit] Synonyms

• (to set to zero): tare
• (to cause to be zero): zero out

[edit] Derived terms

• zero in
• zero in on
• zero out

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

From Italian zero, from Mediaeval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صفر (ṣifr), “‘nothing, cipher’”).

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Catalan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : zero
Catalan Wikipedia article on zero

zero m. and f. adj. and m. sg. noun (masculine plural noun zeros)

1. (cardinal) zero
2. (metrology) zero; origin point of a scale

[edit] Derived terms

• zero a l’esquerra
• zero absolut

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Catalan cardinal numbers may be used as masculine or feminine adjectives. When used as a noun, Catalan cardinal numbers are treated as masculine singular nouns in most contexts. An exception occurs in certain expressions involving time such as la una i trenta (1:30) or les dues (two o'clock) where the feminine noun hora (pl. hores) has been elided.

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[edit] Italian

Italian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : zero     Ordinal : zeresimo

[edit] Adjective

zero m. and f. inv.

1. zero

[edit] Noun

zero m. (plural zeri)

1. zero
2. nil (football)

[edit] Derived terms

• a zero
• zero assoluto
• zero spaccato
• zero zero sette
• l'ora zero

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Italian numbers

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Romaji

zero

1. ゼロ: zero, cipher, naught, nothing

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[edit] Kurdish

[edit] Etymology

Compounded from zer + -ê.

[edit] Noun

zero m.

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) yellow [Clarification of this translation from Kurdish is requested]
2. blond (male person)

[edit] See also

• zerê

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Portuguese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : zero

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈzɛru/

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zero

1. (cardinal) zero.

[edit] Noun

zero m.

1. Zero. [Clarification of this translation from Portuguese is requested]

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

French zéro

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zero

1. (cardinal) zero