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null

The correct spelling is null.

How to pronounce null

/nʌl/
noun

IPA: /nʌl/

Say it like: Nul-l

The correct spelling is null. A non-existent or empty value or set of values. For example: "Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null."

Usage Examples

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

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
  2. 2.Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
  3. 3.Something that has no force or meaning.
  4. 4.The ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
  5. 5.The attribute of an entity that has no valid value.

verb

  1. 1.To nullify; to annul.
  2. 2.To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe.
  3. 3.To crack; to remove restrictions or limitations in (software).

adjective

  1. 1.Having no validity; "null and void"
  2. 2.Insignificant.
  3. 3.Absent or non-existent.
  4. 4.Of the null set.
  5. 5.Of or comprising a value of precisely zero.

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