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The correct spelling is zero.
How to pronounce zero
/ˈzɪəɹəʊ/
nounIPA: /ˈzɪəɹəʊ/
Say it like: Zer-o
The correct spelling is zero. The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero. For example: "In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string."
Usage Examples
“In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string.”
“One million has six zeroes.”
“He knows zero about humour.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
- 2.The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
- 3.Nothing, or none.
- 4.The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
- 5.The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
verb
- 1.To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.
- 2.To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.
- 3.To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.
- 4.To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.
- 5.To disappear
adjective
- 1.No, not any
- 2.Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
- 3.Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
- 4.Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.
numeral
- 1.The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.
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