null

See also: Null, núll, and null'

English

Etymology

From Middle French nul, from Latin nullus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /nʌl/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌl

Noun

null (plural nulls)

1. A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
2. Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

3. Something that has no force or meaning.
4. (computing) the ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
5. (computing) the attribute of an entity that has no valid value.

   Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null.

6. One of the beads in nulled work.
7. (statistics) null hypothesis

Translations

a non-existent or empty value or set of values

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空值 (kōngzhí)

• Japanese: 無 (ja) (mu), 無価値 (ja) (むかち, mukachi), 空白 (ja) (くうはく, kūhaku), ゼロ (ja) (zero), ヌル (nuru)

• Russian: (zero) нуль (ru) m (nulʹ), пусто́е по́ле n (pustóje póle), пусто́й указа́тель m (pustój ukazátelʹ), пусто́е значе́ние n (pustóje značénije), нулл m (null), налл m (nall)
• Vietnamese: rỗng (vi)

Adjective

null (comparative more null, superlative most null)

1. Having no validity; "null and void"
   • Jeremy Taylor

     Their baptizations were null.

2. insignificant
   • 1924, Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove:

     In proportion as we descend the social scale our snobbishness fastens on to mere nothings which are perhaps no more null than the distinctions observed by the aristocracy, but, being more obscure, more peculiar to the individual, take us more by surprise.

3. absent or non-existent
4. (mathematics) of the null set
5. (mathematics) of or comprising a value of precisely zero
6. (genetics, of a mutation) causing a complete loss of gene function, amorphic.

Antonyms

• antinull
• non-null

Derived terms

• null determiner
• nullity

Verb

null (third-person singular simple present nulls, present participle nulling, simple past and past participle nulled)

1. (transitive, archaic) To nullify; to annul.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

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

Related terms

• annul
• nulled work

See also

• nil

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Cimbrian

Numeral

null

1. (cardinal) zero

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Estonian

Numeral

null

1. (cardinal) zero

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Faroese

Etymology

From Latin nullus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʊlː/
• Rhymes: -ʊlː

Numeral

null

1. (cardinal) zero

Noun

null n (genitive singular nuls, plural null)

1. (mathematics) the numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero

Declension

n9	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	null	nullið	null	nullini
Accusative	null	nullið	null	nullini
Dative	nulli	nullinum	nullum	nullunum
Genitive	nuls	nulsins	nulla	nullanna

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʊl/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

null (not comparable)

1. (slang) no, zero (absolutely none)

Declension

Declension of null

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist null	sie ist null	es ist null	sie sind null
strong declension (without article)	nominative	nuller	nulle	nulles	nulle
	genitive	nullen	nuller	nullen	nuller
	dative	nullem	nuller	nullem	nullen
	accusative	nullen	nulle	nulles	nulle
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der nulle	die nulle	das nulle	die nullen
	genitive	des nullen	der nullen	des nullen	der nullen
	dative	dem nullen	der nullen	dem nullen	den nullen
	accusative	den nullen	die nulle	das nulle	die nullen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein nuller	eine nulle	ein nulles	(keine) nullen
	genitive	eines nullen	einer nullen	eines nullen	(keiner) nullen
	dative	einem nullen	einer nullen	einem nullen	(keinen) nullen
	accusative	einen nullen	eine nulle	ein nulles	(keine) nullen

Synonyms

• kein
• überhaupt kein

Numeral

null

1. (cardinal) zero

Coordinate terms

Cardinal numbers from 0 to 99

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	null	eins	zwei	drei	vier	fünf	sechs	sieben	acht	neun
1—	zehn	elf	zwölf	dreizehn	vierzehn	fünfzehn (fuffzehn)	sechzehn	siebzehn (siebenzehn)	achtzehn	neunzehn
2—	zwanzig	einundzwanzig	zweiundzwanzig	dreiundzwanzig	vierundzwanzig	fünfundzwanzig	sechsundzwanzig	siebenundzwanzig	achtundzwanzig	neunundzwanzig
3—	dreißig	einunddreißig	zweiunddreißig	dreiunddreißig	vierunddreißig	fünfunddreißig	sechsunddreißig	siebenunddreißig	achtunddreißig	neununddreißig
4—	vierzig	einundvierzig	zweiundvierzig	dreiundvierzig	vierundvierzig	fünfundvierzig	sechsundvierzig	siebenundvierzig	achtundvierzig	neunundvierzig
5—	fünfzig (fuffzig)	einundfünfzig	zweiundfünfzig	dreiundfünfzig	vierundfünfzig	fünfundfünfzig	sechsundfünfzig	siebenundfünfzig	achtundfünfzig	neunundfünfzig
6—	sechzig	einundsechzig	zweiundsechzig	dreiundsechzig	vierundsechzig	fünfundsechzig	sechsundsechzig	siebenundsechzig	achtundsechzig	neunundsechzig
7—	siebzig (siebenzig)	einundsiebzig	zweiundsiebzig	dreiundsiebzig	vierundsiebzig	fünfundsiebzig	sechsundsiebzig	siebenundsiebzig	achtundsiebzig	neunundsiebzig
8—	achtzig	einundachtzig	zweiundachtzig	dreiundachtzig	vierundachtzig	fünfundachtzig	sechsundachtzig	siebenundachtzig	achtundachtzig	neunundachtzig
9—	neunzig	einundneunzig	zweiundneunzig	dreiundneunzig	vierundneunzig	fünfundneunzig	sechsundneunzig	siebenundneunzig	achtundneunzig	neunundneunzig

Cardinal numbers from 100 onward

• 100: hundert, einhundert
• 10³: tausend, eintausend
• 10⁴: zehntausend (Myriade)
• 10⁶: Million (tausendmaltausend, tausendtausend)
• 10⁹: Milliarde
• 10¹²: Billion
• 10¹⁵: Billiarde
• 10¹⁸: Trillion
• 10²¹: Trilliarde
• 10²⁴: Quadrillion
• 10²⁷: Quadrilliarde
• 10³⁰: Quintillion
• 10³³: Quintilliarde
• 10³⁶: Sextillion
• 10³⁹: Sextilliarde
• 10⁴²: Septillion
• 10⁴⁵: Septilliarde
• 10⁴⁸: Oktillion
• 10⁵¹: Oktilliarde
• 10⁵⁴: Nonillion
• 10⁵⁷: Nonilliarde
• 10⁶⁰: Dezillion
• 10⁶³: Dezilliarde
• 10⁶⁶: Undezillion
• 10⁶⁹: Undezilliarde
• 10⁷²: Duodezillion
• 10⁷⁵: Duodezilliarde
• 10⁷⁸: Tredezillion
• 10⁸¹: Tredezilliarde
• 10⁸⁴: Quattuordezillion
• 10⁸⁷: Quattuordezilliarde

…

• 10¹⁰⁰: Googol

…

• 10¹²⁰: Vigintillion
• 10¹²³: Vigintilliarde

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External links

• null in Duden online and null in Duden online; cp. null in Duden online and null in Duden online
• “null” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache; cp. “Null” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin nullus

Determiner

null

1. no (determiner: not any)

   ha null penger - to have no money

Numeral

null

1. (cardinal) zero, nought, nil

Noun

null m (definite singular nullen, indefinite plural nuller, definite plural nullene)
null n (definite singular nullet, indefinite plural null or nuller, definite plural nulla or nullene)

1. zero (numeric symbol of zero), nought, nil
2. a nobody or nonentity (derogatory about a person)

Derived terms

• nullstille
• nulltoleranse

References

• “null” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin nullus

Determiner

null

1. no (determiner: not any)

   ha null pengar - to have no money

Numeral

null

1. (cardinal) zero, nought, nil

Noun

null m (definite singular nullen, indefinite plural nullar, definite plural nullane)
null n (definite singular nullet, indefinite plural null, definite plural nulla)

1. zero (numeric symbol of zero), nought, nil
2. a nobody or nonentity (derogatory about a person)

Derived terms

• nulltoleranse

References

• “null” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German null.

Numeral

null

1. zero