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Meaning of zero

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  zero
      adj 1: indicating the absence of any or all units under
             consideration; "a zero score" [syn: {zero}, {0}]
      2: having no measurable or otherwise determinable value; "the
         goal is zero population growth"
      3: indicating an initial point or origin
      4: of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)
      n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had
           ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had
           done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for
           naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: {nothing},
           {nil}, {nix}, {nada}, {null}, {aught}, {cipher}, {cypher},
           {goose egg}, {naught}, {zero}, {zilch}, {zip}, {zippo}]
      2: a mathematical element that when added to another number
         yields the same number [syn: {zero}, {0}, {nought}, {cipher},
         {cypher}]
      3: the point on a scale from which positive or negative
         numerical quantities can be measured [syn: {zero}, {zero
         point}]
      4: the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the
         center of the target with no wind blowing
      v 1: adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value
      2: adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a
         gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards" [syn: {zero},
         {zero in}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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