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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French nul, from Latin nullus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
null (plural nulls)
- A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
- Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- Something that has no force or meaning.
- (computing) the ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
- (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.
- One of the beads in nulled work.
- (statistics) null hypothesis
Translations[edit]
a non-existent or empty value or set of values
Adjective[edit]
null (comparative more null, superlative most null)
- Having no validity; "null and void"
- Jeremy Taylor
- Their baptizations were null.
- Jeremy Taylor
- 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.
- 1924, Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove:
- Absent or non-existent.
- (mathematics) Of the null set.
- (mathematics) Of or comprising a value of precisely zero.
- (genetics, of a mutation) Causing a complete loss of gene function, amorphic.
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
null (third-person singular simple present nulls, present participle nulling, simple past and past participle nulled)
- (transitive, archaic) To nullify; to annul.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
- To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe.
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Cimbrian[edit]
Numeral[edit]
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References[edit]
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Estonian[edit]
Numeral[edit]
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
null
Noun[edit]
null n (genitive singular nuls, plural null)
- (mathematics) the numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero
Declension[edit]
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 |
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
null (not comparable)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
Numeral[edit]
null
- (cardinal) zero, (British) nought (number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all)
- (sports) nil, (tennis) love, zero (no score)
Coordinate terms[edit]
Cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
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
…
External links[edit]
- 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
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Determiner[edit]
null
- no (determiner: not any)
- ha null penger - to have no money
Numeral[edit]
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Noun[edit]
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)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “null” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Determiner[edit]
null
- no (determiner: not any)
- ha null pengar - to have no money
Numeral[edit]
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Noun[edit]
null m (definite singular nullen, indefinite plural nullar, definite plural nullane)
null n (definite singular nullet, indefinite plural null, definite plural nulla)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “null” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pennsylvania German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Numeral[edit]
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