zeroid

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English

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Etymology

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From zero +‎ -oid.

Noun

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zeroid (plural zeroids)

  1. (mathematics) A zero identity.
    • 1961, Alfred Hoblitzelle Clifford, G. B. Preston, The Algebraic Theory of Semigroups, page 70:
      If a semigroup S contains a zeroid, then every left zeroid is also a right zeroid, and vice versa, and the set K of all the zeroids of S is the kernel of S.
    • 1993, Keith Walker, Surveys in combinatorics, 1993, page 166:
      Simplex zeroids seem to provide an alternative framework for discussing the themes broached in this paper, and of course Theorems 1—4 can be reexpressed in terms of simplex zeroids.

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