zero
零,零度,零点,零的
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plural ze·ros, ze·roes.
- : the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- : the origin of any kind of measurement; line or point from which all divisions of a scale, as a thermometer, are measured in either a positive or a negative direction.
- : a mathematical value intermediate between positive and negative values.
- : naught; nothing.
- : the lowest point or degree.
- : Linguistics. the absence of a linguistic element, as a phoneme or morpheme, in a position in which one previously existed or might by analogy be expected to exist, often represented by the symbol 0̷: Inflectional endings were reduced to zero. The alternant of the plural morpheme in “sheep” is zero.
- : Ordnance. a sight setting for both elevation and windage on any particular range causing a projectile to strike the center of the target on a normal day, under favorable light conditions, with no wind blowing.
- : Mathematics. the identity element of a group in which the operation is addition. a point at which a given function, usually a function of a complex variable, has the value zero; a root.
- : a single-engine Japanese fighter plane used in World War II.
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ze·roed, ze·ro·ing.
- : to adjust to a zero point or to an arbitrary reading from which all other readings are to be measured.
- : to reduce to zero.
- : Slang. to kill: The proposed tax increase has been zeroed for the time being.
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- : amounting to zero: a zero score.
- : having no measurable quantity or magnitude; not any: zero economic growth.
- : Linguistics. noting a hypothetical morphological element that is posited as existing by analogy with a regular pattern of inflection or derivation in a language, but is not represented by any sequence of phonological elements: the zero allomorph of “-ed” in “cut”; “Deer” has a zero plural.
- : Meteorology. pertaining to or limiting vertical visibility to 50 feet or less.of, relating to, or limiting horizontal visibility to 165 feet or less.
- : Finance. zero-coupon.
- : being or pertaining to the precise time, as a specific hour or second, when something must or does happen, as the explosion of a nuclear weapon: in an underground shelter at zero second.
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- : zero in, to aim at the precise center or range of a target.
- : zero in on, to aim directly at.to direct one's attention to; focus on; concentrate on.to converge on; close in on.
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Examples
The hospital effectively ended the legal proceedings by filing thousands of notices with Shelby County General Sessions Court stating that the defendants’ balances were now zero.
“What I’m focused on is ensuring we’re picking the right areas of enterprise to focus on,” she said, citing training, remote assist, and 3D visualization as the three primary use cases the company is zeroing in on.
The plaintiffs in Texas, which include 18 states with Republican governors or attorneys general, claim this zeroed-out mandate is unconstitutional.
You’ve got to connect with those people who are at ground zero and know what they’re saying is really happening.
“The industry dynamics have changed,” said Antonios Drossos, a Finland-based telecoms consultant whose firm Rewheel has analyzed EU zero-rating offers over recent years.
Not quite, but at one point the temperature registered 29 below zero, with 21 inches of snow.
The longer someone stays well, the lower their chance of relapsing, although that possibility never becomes zero.
Is it True that “Gays vs. Traditionalists are a Zero-Sum Game”?
Islamic State brought “peace, autonomy, zero corruption, low crime-rate,” he Tweeted last month.
During the recession net immigration to the U.S. from Mexico fell to zero or less.
But the day he planned to start was very cold—the mercury stood twenty-seven below zero.
Of course, at roulette, some number or zero itself is bound to come up every time, but number twenty-seven was invariably unlucky.
The words whispered in the pastry-cook's ear cooled his hot fit of courage down to zero.
At last, one evening, he walked up to a table and said to the croupier, "When was zero up last?"
One day last week, when the mercury was sulking at zero, three lambs arrived on the place.