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Definition: Zero |
ZeroAdjective1. Indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; "a zero score". 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). Noun1. 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". 2. A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number. 3. The quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale. Verb1. To adjust to zero value, of an instrument or device. 2. Adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "zero" was first used: 1604. (references) |
Etymology: Zero \Ze"ro\, noun; plural Zerosor Zeroes. [French z['e]ro, from Arabic [,c]afrun, [,c]ifrun, empty, a cipher. Compare to Cipher.]. (references) |
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Computing | Zero vt. 1. To set to 0. Usually said of small pieces of data, such as bits or words (esp. in the construction `zero out'). 2. To erase; to discard all data from. Said of disks and directories, where `zeroing' need not involve actually writing zeroes throughout the area being zeroed. One may speak of something being `logically zeroed' rather than being `physically zeroed'. See scribble. Source: Jargon File. |
19th Century Satire | Originally, nothing; but now meaning a good deal on a thermometer or bank-draft, and comprising two-thirds of the 400. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Language | A variant morph which is characterised by lack of change. In English, for example, "sheep" can be singular or plural, but since most words add an affix to form the plural, it is convenient for the sake of regularity to consider that a zero affix has been added when "sheep" is used as a plural. Source: European Union. (references) |
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The Mitsubishi A6M was a light-weight naval fighter aircraft employed by the Japanese from 1940-45. More widely known by its Navy designation, Type 0 Carrier Fighter, or Zero, the plane gained a legendary reputation. A combination of excellent manuverability and very long range made it the best fighter of its era, but design weaknesses and lack of more powerful engines eventually doomed it.
A Mitsubishi Zero replica. Show full-size
Background
The Mitsubishi A5M was just starting to enter service in early 1937 when the IJN started looking for its eventual replacement. In May they issued specification 12-Shi for a new carrier based fighter, sending it to Nakajima and Mitsubishi. Both started preliminary design work while they awaited more definitive requirements to be handed over in a few months.
Based on the experiences of the A5M in China, the Navy sent out updated requirements in October. The new requirements called for a speed of 500km/h at 4000m, and a climb to 3000m in 3.5min. They needed an endurance of 2 hours at normal power, or 6 to 8 hrs at economical cruising speed (both with drop tanks). Armament was to consist of two 20mm cannons and two 7.7mm machine guns, and two 30kg or 60kg bombs. A complete radio set was to be mounted in all planes, along with a radio direction finder for long-range navigation. Finally the maneuverability was to be at least equal to A5M, while the wing span had to be less than 12m to fit on the carriers.
Nakajima's team thought the new requirements were ridiculous and pulled out of the competition in January. Mitsubishi's chief designer, Jiro Horikoshi, felt that the requirements could be met, but only if the aircraft could be made as light as possible. Every weight saving method was used, and the designers made extensive use of the new duralumin alloy. With its low-wing cantilever monoplane layout, retractable wide-set landing and enclosed cockpit, the design was not only much more modern than any the Navy had used in the past, it was one of the most modern in the world.
A6M1, Type 0 Prototypes
The first A6M1 prototype was completed in March 1939, powered by the 780hp Mitsubishi Zuisei 13 engine with a two-bladed propeller. It first flew on April 1st, and passed testing in a remarkably short period of time. By September it had already been accepted for Navy testing as the A6M1 Type 0 Carrier Fighter, with the only notable change being a switch to a three-bladed propeller to cure a vibration problem.
A6M2, Type 0 Model 11
While the Navy was testing the first two prototypes, they suggested that the third be fitted with the 940hp Nakajima Sakae 12 engine instead. Mitsubishi had its own engine of this class in the form of the Kinsei, so they were somewhat reluctant to use the Sakae. Nevertheless when the first A6M2 was completed in January 1940, the Sakae's extra power pushed the performance of the plane well past the original specifications.
The new version was so promising that the Navy had 15 built and shipped to China before they had completed testing. They arrived in Manchuria in July 1940, and first saw combat over Chungking in August. There they proved to be completely untouchable by the Polikarpov I-16's and I-153's that had been such a problem for the A5M's currently in service. In one encounter 13 Zeros shot down 27 I-15 and I-16's in under three minutes without loss. After hearing of these reports the Navy immediately ordered the plane into production as the Type 0 Carrier Fighter, Model 11.
Reports of the Zero's performance filtered back to the US slowly. There they were dismissed by most planners, who felt it was impossible for the Japanese to build such an aircraft. Others were not so sure, and techniques were developed by Butch O'Hare to combat them just in case.
A6M2, Type 0 Model 21
After the delivery of only 65 planes by November 1940, a further change was worked into the production lines, which introduced folding wingtips to allow them to fit on the aircraft carriers. The resulting Model 21 would become one of the most produced versions early in the war. When the lines switched to updated models, 740 Model 21's were completed by Mitsubishi, and another 800 by Nakajima. Two other versions of the Model 21 were built in small numbers, the A6M2-N "Rufe" floatplane and A6M2-K two-seat trainer.
Model 21 Wing span 39ft Length 29ft 9in Engine 925hp Max Speed 336mph ( at 20000ft ) Ceiling 33500ft Max weight 5300lb Armament 2 x 7.7mm MG, 2 x 20mm cannon; 2 x 66lb or 1 x 132lb bombs; 2 fixed 250kg bombs for kamikaze
A6M3, Type 0 Model 32
In late 1941 Nakajima introduced the Sakae 21, which used a two speed supercharger for better altitude performance, and increased power to 1,130hp. Plans were made to introduce the new engine into the Zero as soon as possible.
The new Sakae was slightly heavier and somewhat longer due to the larger supercharger, which moved the center of gravity too far forward on the existing airframe. To correct for this the engine mountings were cut down by 8 inches, moving the engine back towards the cockpit. This had the side effect of reducing the size of the main fuel tank (located to the rear of the engine) from 518 litres to 470 litres.
The only other major changes were to the wings, which were simplified by removing the Model 21's folding tips. This changed the appearance enough to prompt the US to designate it with a new code name Hamp, before realizing it was simply a new model of the Zeke. The wings also included larger ammunition boxes, allowing for 100 rounds for each of the 20mm cannon.
The wing changes had much a greater effects on performance than expected. The smaller size led to better roll, and their lower drag allowed the diving speed to be increased to 360kts. On the downside, manuverability was reduced, and range suffered both due to decreased lift and the smaller fuel tank. Pilots complained about both. The shorter range proved a significant limitation during the Solomons campaign of 1942.
The first Model 32 deliveries began in April 1942, but it remained on the lines only for a short time, with a run of 343 being built.
A6M3, Type 0 Model 22
In order to correct the deficiencies of the Model 32, a new version with the Model 21's folding wings, new in-wing fuel tanks and attachments for a 330 litre drop tank under each wing was introduced. The internal fuel was thereby increased to 570 litres in this model, gaining back all of the lost range.
In an example of somewhat odd naming, the Navy referred to this version as the Model 22, while Mitsubishi called it the A6M3a. The new model started production in December, and 560 were eventually produced.
A6M4
The A6M4 is a subject of some debate. Most sources refer to an experimental turbocharged version of the Zero for high altitude use, but only a single mention of the A6M4 can be found in text and it does not mention much.
At the time of Pearl Harbor there were only 420 Zeros active in the Pacific. The carrier borne Model 21 was the type encountered by the Americans, often much further from its carriers than expected, with a mission range of over 1600 miles. They were superior to all current Allied fighters in the Pacific and remained unchallenged until early 1943, although in competent hands the Zero was deadly until the end of the war. Because of their reputation and ease of manufacture the Zero remained in production until the end, with over 11,000 of all types produced.
Designed for attack the Zero gave precedence to manoeuvrability and fire-power at the expense of protection - most had no self-sealing tanks or armour plate - thus many Zeros were lost too easily in combat. Nevertheless, many Allied pilots died trying to learn how to fight such an agile aircraft.
The correct combat tactic against Zeros was to remain out of range and fight on the dive and climb. By using speed and resisting the deadly error of trying to out-turn the Zero, eventually cannon could be brought to bear and a single burst of fire was usually enough.
When the US had learned the "secret" of the Zero new aircraft such as the Gruman Hellcat and Vought Corsair were introduced, planes that outperformed the Zero in every way but maneuverability. To correct for that shortcoming, US pilots simply had to remember the correct tactics. The result was that the Model 22s were swept from the skies in huge numbers, and the US Navy's 1:1 kill ratio suddenly jumped to better than 10:1. However Japanese development did not remain static - newer planes like the George were excellent fighters and a match for the later US models.
See also: Fighter aircraft, Kamikaze
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mitsubishi Zero."
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simple:ZeroThis article is about the first and the common use of the word "zero". For other extended uses, please refer to zero (disambiguation).
Zero (0) is a number that precedes the number one and follows negative numbers.
Zero means nothing, null, void or an absence of value. For example, if the number of your brothers is zero, then you have no brothers. If the difference between the number of pieces in two piles is zero, it means the two piles have the same number of pieces.
In certain calendars it is common usage to omit the year zero when extending the calendar to years prior to its introduction: see proleptic Gregorian calendar and proleptic Julian calendar.
History
The numeral or digit zero is used in numeral systems, where the position of a digit signifies its value, with successive positions having higher values, and the digit zero is used to skip a position. By about 300 BCE the Babylonians used two slanted wedges to mark an empty place in a given sequence of positional digits. It did not function in the true sense of a number. The use of zero as a number unto itself was introduced into mathematics relatively late by Indian mathematicians. An early study of the zero by Brahmagupta dates to 628.Zero was also used as a numeral in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. It was used by the Olmec and subsequent civiliations; see also: Maya numerals.
Mathematics
Zero (0) is both a number and a numeral. The natural number following zero is one and no natural number precedes zero. Zero may or may not be counted as a natural number, depending on the definition of natural numbers.
In set theory, the number zero is the size of the empty set: if you do not have any apples, then you have zero apples. In fact, in certain axiomatic developments of mathematics from set theory, zero is defined to be the empty set.
The following are some basic rules for dealing with the number zero. These rules apply for any complex number x, unless otherwise stated.
- Addition: x + 0 = x and 0 + x = x. (That is, 0 is an identity element with respect to addition.)
- Subtraction: x - 0 = x and 0 - x = -x.
- Multiplication: x × 0 = 0 and 0 × x = 0.
- Division: 0 / x = 0, for nonzero x. But x / 0 is undefined, because 0 has no multiplicative inverse, a consequence of the previous rule.
- Exponentiation: x0 = 1, except that the case x = 0 may be left undefined in some contexts. For all positive real x, 0x = 0.
Extended use of zero in mathematics
- Zero is the identity element in an additive group or the additive identity of a ring.
- In geometry, the dimension of a point is 0.
- In analytic geometry, 0 is the origin.
- The concept of "almost" impossible in probability. More generally, the concept of almost nowhere in measure theory.
- A zero function is a function with 0 as its only possible output value. A particular zero function is a zero morphism. A zero function is the identity in the additive group of functions.
- The zero of a function is a preimage of zero, also called the root of a function.
Computer science
Counting from 1 or 0?
Human beings usually count things from 1 not zero, yet in computer science, zero has become the popular indication for a starting point. For example, in almost all old programming languages, an array starts from 1 by default, which is natural for humans. As programming languages have developed, it has become more common that an array starts from zero by default. This is because, with a one-based index, one must be subtracted to obtain a correct offset for things like obtaining the location of a specific element.
Distinguishing Zero from O
If your zero is centre-dotted and letter-O is not, or if letter-O looks almost rectangular but zero looks more like an American football stood on end (or the reverse), you're probably looking at a modern character display (though the dotted zero seems to have originated as an option on IBM 3270 controllers). If your zero is slashed but letter-O is not, you're probably looking at an old-style ASCII graphic set descended from the default typewheel on the venerable ASR-33 Teletype (Scandinavians, for whom Ø is a letter, curse this arrangement).If letter-O has a slash across it and the zero does not, your display is tuned for a very old convention used at IBM and a few other early mainframe makers (Scandinavians curse this arrangement even more, because it means two of their letters collide). Some Burroughs/Unisys equipment displays a zero with a reversed slash. And yet another convention common on early line printers left zero unornamented but added a tail or hook to the letter-O so that it resembled an inverted Q or cursive capital letter-O.
The typeface used on European number plates for cars distinguish the two symbols by making the O rather egg-shaped and the zero more rectangular, but most of all by opening the zero on the upper right side, so here the circle is not closed any more.
"Zero" as a verb
In computing, zero is a default digit, meaning none and initial value. To zero (or zeroise or zeroize) a set of data means to set every bit in the data to zero (or off). Usually said of small pieces of data, such as bits or words (especially in the construction "zero out").Zero means to erase; to discard all data from. This is often said of disks and directory, where "zeroing" need not involve actually writing zeroes throughout the area being zeroed. One may speak of something being "logically zeroed" rather than being "physically zeroed".
Null pointer in C programming language usually points to the memory address of zero.
See also
- NUL
- Nothing
- Negative and non-negative numbers
- One
- Integer
- List of numbers
References
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Zero."
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Besides the usual meaning of zero as an English word, Zero can also mean:
- Zero of a function.
- zero function, a function which is constant zero.
- In computer science, to zero is to erase.
- The Mitsubishi A6MA Japanese fighter aircraft used during the Second World War is often known as the Mitsubishi Zero.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Zero (disambiguation)."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ZEBRA | English | Zero emission battery research activity | N/A |
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Synonyms: ZeroSynonyms: zero(a) (adj), aught (n), cipher (n), cypher (n), goose egg (n), nada (n), naught (n), nil (n), nix (n), nothing (n), nought (n), null (n), zero point (n), zilch (n), zip (n), zero in (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Unsubstantiality | Nothing, naught, nil, nullity, zero, cipher, no one, nobody; never a one, ne'er a one; no such thing, none in the world; nothing whatever, nothing at all, nothing on earth; not a particle; (smallness); all talk, moonshine, stuff and nonsense; matter of no importance, matter of no consequence. thing of naught, man of straw, John Doe and Richard Roe, faggot voter; nominis umbra, flash in the pan, vox et praeterea nihil. |
Zero | Noun: zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher, goose egg; none, nobody, no one; nichts, nixie, nix; zilch, zip, zippo; not a soul; ame qui vive; absence; unsubstantiality. |
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Screenplays | Zero bodycount (Mission: Impossible; writing credit: David Koepp and Robert Towne. Based on the television series) Zero charisma (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; writing credit: Ethan Coen) On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero. (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) It's not a question of enough, pal. It's a zero sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses (Wall Street; writing credit: Stanley Weiser and Oliver Stone. Starring Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko, and Martin Sheen as Carl Fox.) Oh, well, that's interesting, because, since everyone knows that there's no year zero, the millennium doesn't really begin until 2001, which would make your party one year late, and thus, quite lame (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) | |
Lyrics | I'm your lover, i'm your zero (Zero; performing artist: The smashing pumpkins) Available on the album Too Low For Zero (I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues; performing artist: Elton John) Zip, zero, stingy with dinero (I Just Wanna Love U (Give it 2 Me); performing artist: Jay-Z) 'Cuz they say two thousand zero zero party over ("1999"; performing artist: Prince) Why don't we turn the clock to zero honey (Brand New Day; performing artist: Sting) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Zero Effect (1998) Kikaidâ Zero Wan (1973) Poludnik zero (1971) Zero In and Scream (1970) Kuchû toshi zero zero hachi (1969) | |
Song Titles | Monster's Zero March (performing artist: Neil and his Cosmic Orchestra Norman) Zero (performing artist: The smashing pumpkins) | |
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 | PET scans at the level of the basal ganglia of a normal control (1) case 1 at the start (2) and after treatment with AZT (3). In (1) there is a homogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism in the frontal, temporal and occipital cortex and in the subcortical grey matter. At the onset of treatment with AZT (2) there is a heterogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism with a relative reduction in the posterior temporal and occipital regions and the thalamus. Thirteen weeks after treatment with AZT, the abnormal pattern has partly resolved (3). All images are scaled from zero to 100% of the maximum activity within the slice (scale shown on right of figure). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | "Sphere With Axes" by Yehia Muhsen. Click on Edit inside DPGraph to see how to draw axes as zero diameter tubes. |
 | Zero Gravity Facility. Credit: NASA. |  | Zero G. Credit: NASA. |
 | Digging out a weasel - not a fun job when it's 40 degrees below zero. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Coming down from adjusting antenna after 2 hours in 50 below zero weather. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | This image shows the reef framework crushed at ground zero impact. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Figure 54. Pellet burette - this instrument was produced by the French chemist Henri Pellet. It uses the same principle as that of the Richter or Schmidt burette. It has an automatic zero level, in which the reactive reservoir is pressurized by a rubber bulb. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | The Asian multicolored lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis, is easy to identify from its false "eyes"-- twin white football-shaped markings behind the head. In color, the insects range from black to mustard, with zero to many spots. A common U.S. form is mustard to red and has 16 or more black spots. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | At sea during the Summer of 1941, with three Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" fighters parked forward. Credit: NAVY. |
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| "SUB ZERO" by Victor Silkin Commentary: "Nothing like freezing Melbourne Morning." | "Car speed zero" by Patrick Nijhuis Commentary: "Movement Zero." |
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Alfred Jarry | God is the tangential point between zero and infinity. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Hail, Zero! who leaves me quiet |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Others zero in on specific germs. (references) | |
Therefore, zero risk may be unattainable. (references) | ||
There is evidence that consistent and correct condom use reduces HIV seroconversion to nearly zero in both male and female heterosexual partners. (references) | ||
Business | HC emissions can be reduced to zero by applying fuel evaporation control systems (FEC). (references) | |
Import Duties, however, are 14 to 20 percent but zero for products originating in MERCOSUR. (references) | ||
These rates are applicable in spite of having almost zero percent inflation for the past eight years. (references) | ||
Children | Czech Republic | More than 100 zero grades operated throughout the country. (references) |
Czech Republic | Many districts with high concentrations of Roma participate in year-long programs (so-called zero grades) to prepare for their first year in school; these programs are funded solely by local authorities. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Russia | The congregation was forced to move to a dilapidated building without heat, where temperatures during the winter reached 15 degrees below zero centigrade. (references) |
Economic History | Spain | There is zero duty on medical devices. (references) |
Botswana | Botswana has zero tolerance for corruption. (references) | |
Uruguay | Zero or slightly negative GDP growth is likely for 2001. (references) | |
Political Economy | ARGENTINA | The CET ranges from zero to 20 percent. (references) |
EL SALVADOR | Most U.S. goods face tariffs from zero to 15 percent. (references) | |
SOUTH AFRICA | Exports are zero rated, and no VAT is payable on imported capital goods. (references) | |
Trade | Indonesia | Banks were at ground zero of the 1997-98 financial crisis. (references) |
Zambia | Duty on productive machinery for agriculture and mining is zero percent. (references) | |
Korea | Tariffs are zero on materials used for educational purposes and on computer software. (references) | |
Travel | Latvia | The legal alcohol limit for drivers is zero, and speed traps are common. (references) |
Norway | Norway has adopted a zero tolerance policy regarding drinking and driving. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
John Walsh | Well, first of all, they asked me to go down to ground zero, which was really, really a horrifying experience, but it was also a very uplifting experience. |
Rush Limbaugh | The Boy Scouts could crush Canada with zero casualties, yet we let them opt to keep welcoming in terrorists and to thumb their noses at us on Iraq. |
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George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Every day a retired firefighter returns to Ground Zero, to feel closer to his two sons who died there. |
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| "Zero" is generally used as a cardinal number -- approximately 58.82% of the time. "Zero" is used about 2,283 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Cardinal Number | 58.82% | 1,343 | 5,921 |
| Noun (singular) | 28.84% | 658 | 9,954 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 11.68% | 267 | 18,030 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.57% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.09% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,283 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Japan | Zero Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "zero": 15 degrees below zero ♦ absolute zero ♦ actual ground zero ♦ air mass zero ♦ at zero altitude ♦ audiometric zero ♦ balance station zero ♦ below zero ♦ Bessel function of zero order ♦ degree below zero ♦ desired ground zero ♦ equate to zero ♦ fraction of zero binding with respect to total ♦ ground zero ♦ insignificant zero ♦ logic zero ♦ mechanical zero ♦ non Return to Zero Inverted ♦ reference zero ♦ return To Zero ♦ sensitivity referred to zero relative level ♦ set to zero ♦ surface zero ♦ thread Language Zero ♦ unsignificant zero ♦ zero allomorph ♦ zero altitude ♦ zero altitude flying ♦ zero and Add Packed ♦ zero angle ♦ zero assignment ♦ zero basis ♦ zero conductor ♦ zero count ♦ zero coupon bond ♦ zero coupon Eurosterling bearer registered accruing security ♦ zero coupon French bond ♦ zero degree ♦ zero degrees ♦ zero drift ♦ zero element ♦ zero gravity ♦ zero growth ♦ zero hour ♦ zero in ♦ zero in on ♦ zero in on smth. ♦ zero inflation ♦ zero Insertion Force ♦ zero key ♦ zero lap ♦ zero level ♦ zero lift angle ♦ zero line ♦ zero method ♦ zero minus ♦ zero option ♦ zero plus ♦ zero plus plus ♦ zero point ♦ zero position ♦ zero potential ♦ zero principle ♦ zero setting error ♦ zero suppression ♦ zero visibility. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "zero": zero-address, zero-base, zero-based, zero-beta, zero-content, zero-coupon, zero-coupon bond, zero-coupon security, zero-crossing, zero-defects, zero-degree, zero-density, zero-dimensional, zero-divisor, zero-earner, zero-emission, zero-extended, zero-field, zero-g, zero-gravity, zero-growth, zero-gyms, zero-hour, zero-hours, zero-investment, Zero-length, zero-length launching, zero-low, zero-mass, zero-modification, zero-modified, zero-modifying, zero-nine-zero-five-nine, zero-offset, zero-one, Zero-One-Infinity Rule, zero-option, zero-order, zero-parity, zero-phoneme, zero-point, zero-power, zero-pressure-gradient, zero-profit, zero-rate, zero-rated, zero-rates, zero-rating, zero-reader, zero-risk, zero-speed, zero-stage, zero-sum, zero-sum game, zero-temperature, zero-tillage, zero-time, zero-wind, zero-yielding, zero-zero-niner-zero-fiver-niner. | |
Ending with "zero": non-zero, sub-zero. | |
Containing "zero": non-zero-sum. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
net zero | 12,275 | man mega rom zero | 176 |
ground zero | 798 | net zero mail | 174 |
zero | 787 | net zero.com | 170 |
sub zero | 763 | tokyo xtreme racer zero | 166 |
mega man zero | 621 | zero down | 165 |
resident evil zero | 423 | fome zero | 151 |
zero popup | 369 | project zero | 145 |
authority zero | 327 | cheat extreme racer tokyo zero | 145 |
remy zero | 314 | zero halliburton | 140 |
zero skateboard | 313 | wing zero | 138 |
evil resident through walk zero | 293 | zero tolerance | 137 |
macross zero | 293 | 2 man mega zero | 136 |
condition zero | 292 | mail net web zero | 136 |
zero turn mowers | 291 | dark perfect zero | 128 |
counter strike condition zero | 290 | zero percent credit card | 126 |
f zero | 281 | net zero email | 125 |
tokyo extreme racer zero | 261 | net zero download | 123 |
zero gravity | 259 | cheat evil resident zero | 121 |
sub zero refrigerator | 254 | zero down home loan | 118 |
zero 7 | 193 | 2 man mega rom zero | 111 |
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| Language | Translations for "zero"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | nul. (various references) | |
Albanian | zero (cipher, cypher, goose-egg, love, nil, Nix, nothing, nought, ought). (various references) | |
Arabic | صفر (beep, blow, cipher, hiss, hoot, naught, nil, nought, pipe, toot, tootle, wheeze, whistle, yellow), النكرة, شخص عديم الشأن. (various references) | |
Asturian | cero. (various references) | |
Basque | zero, hutsa. (various references) | |
Bemba | tapali. (various references) | |
Breton | mann. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | нулев, нула (cipher, goose-egg, love, naught, nil, nonentity, nothing, nought, null, ought, peanut), несъществуващ (inexistant), нагласям прибор на нула, поставям прибор на нула. (various references) | |
Catalan | zero. (various references) | |
Cebuano | siro. (various references) | |
Chamorro | seru. (various references) | |
Chinese | 零 (remnant). (various references) | |
Croatian | nula. (various references) | |
Czech | nula (cipher, love, naught, nil, nothing, nought, ought). (various references) | |
Danish | nul (naught, nought, null, zilch). (various references) | |
Dutch | nul (naught, nought, null, zilch). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | nima. (various references) | |
Esperanto | nul (nought). (various references) | |
Estonian | null. (various references) | |
Faeroese | null (naught, nought, null, zilch). (various references) | |
Farsi | پاءین ترین نقطه , محل شروع , مبداء (Start), هیچ (Any, Ever, Naught, Never, Nil, Nix, None, Nothing, Nought, Nowise, Whit), نقطه گذاری کردن 1 (Point), صفر (Naught, Nil, Nothing, Null), روی صفرمیزان کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | nolla (nil, nought). (various references) | |
Flemish | nul. (various references) | |
French | zéro (zero point). (various references) | |
French Canadian | zéro. (various references) | |
Frisian | nul. (various references) | |
Galician | cero. (various references) | |
German | Nullpunkt (vanishing point, zero point), Null (dead loss, naught, nil, nonentity, nothing, nought, NULL, nullo, o, zilch). (various references) | |
Greek | μηδέν (blob, naught, nil, nought). (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | zero. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אפס (but, however, naught, nil, nothing, nought, only, ought). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nulla (aught, cipher, duck, naught, nil, nothing, nought, null, o), zéró (cipher, duck, naught, nothing), semmi (any, aught, beans, diddly, diddly-squat, eff all, nae, naught, nil, Nix, none, not any, nothing, nothingness, nought, ought, sod all, to be no hope of sg, vacancy, zilch). (various references) | |
Indonesian | nol (nil, ought). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | pitaqangituq. (various references) | |
Italian | zero (cipher, cypher, naught, nil, nought, null, scratch). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 零点 (no marks). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | まる (circle, full, money, perfection, purity, suffix for ship names), れいど (absolute zero, freezing-point), れいてん (etiquette, no marks, ritual), れい (actor, case, cold, command, companion, cool, custom, departed soul, dictation, example, experience, expression of gratitude, ghost, illustration, instance, nought, order, parallel, precedent, soul, spirit, usage), ゼロ , む (naught, nil, nothing, six). (various references) | |
Kongo | mpavala. (various references) | |
Luganda | zeero. (various references) | |
Luxembourgish | null. (various references) | |
Macedonian | nula. (various references) | |
Malagasy | aotra. (various references) | |
Malay | nol (nought). (various references) | |
Manx | neunhee (cipher). (various references) | |
Norwegian | null (naught, nought, null, zilch). (various references) | |
Occitan | zèro. (various references) | |
Papiamen | sero (hill, mountain, nought). (various references) | |
Pidgin English | zero. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | erozay.(various references) | |
Polish | zero (naught, nought, null, zilch). (various references) | |
Portuguese | zero (cipher, cypher, naught, nil, nonentity, nothing, nought, null, o, ought, pressmark, zilch). (various references) | |
Provencal | zerò. (various references) | |
Romanian | zero (cipher, duck's, love, morsel, naught, nil, nobody, nothing, nought, null). (various references) | |
Romansch | null. (various references) | |
Ruanda | ubusa. (various references) | |
Russian | нуль нулевой (naught, nought), нуль (cipher, naught, nil, o, ought, zeroes, zeros), нулевой (agonic, scoreless, zero-rate), ноль (nil, nothing, nought, zilch). (various references) | |
Samoan | selo. (various references) | |
Scottish | neo-ni. (various references) | |
Sepedi | nnoto. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nula (duck's egg, goose-egg, love, naught, nil, nought, null). (various references) | |
Sicilian | zeru. (various references) | |
Slovene | niè (nothing). (various references) | |
Somali | eber. (various references) | |
Sotho | noto. (various references) | |
Spanish | cero (cipher, cypher, duck, love, naught, nil, nothing, nought). (various references) | |
Swahili | sifuri. (various references) | |
Swedish | noll (duck, duck's egg, love, naught, nil, nought, zilch), nolla (cipher, dummy, lemon, naught, nought, null, squirt, zilch). (various references) | |
Tagalog | sero. (various references) | |
Tahitian | 'aore. (various references) | |
Tswana | lefela. (various references) | |
Turkish | sifir (naught, nought, null, zilch), sýfýr, sıfırlamak, sıfıra ayarlamak, sıfır noktası (vanishing point), sıfır (cipher, cypher, naught, nil, nothing, nought, null, o, ought), hiçlik (nonentity, nothingness, nullity), hiç (any, at all, aught, by any means, ever, far from, least of all, nary, naught, ne'er, never, nil, Nix, no, no whit, none, not a dreg, not a whit, not an iota, not at all, not exactly, not in the least, nothing, nought, null, nullity, ought, whatever, whatsoever, zilch). (various references) | |
Turkmen | nol (r) (naught). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | установлювати на нуль, ніщо (any, anything, naught, negation, neither, nihil, nihility, none, nonentity, nothing, nothingness, nought, nullity), нульова точка, нуль (blob, cipher, naught, nihil, nil, nothing, nought, null, ought), нікчема (blighter, bum, cipher, duffer, ne'er do well, nihil, nit, nobody, nonentity, nought, nullity, pygmy, snake, snipe, snipper-snapper, wastrel, wet, whipper-snapper, whipster). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trạng thái hết sạch, trạng thái hết hoàn toàn. (various references) | |
Wolof | sero. (various references) | |
Xhosa | unothi. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | sifr. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "zero": zeroed, zeroes, zeroing, zeros, zeroth. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "zero": nonzero, subzero. (additional references) | |
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"Zero" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ero, eroo, ezo, ezro, kero, Ozerkow, sero, sreo, Zakob, zano, zao, zaor, zar, zarb, zare, zarg, zari, zarr, zau, Zdruj, ze, zebo, zedo, zeer, zeera, zelo, Zelor, zeno, zeo, zeot, zepo, Zeqo, zer, zera, zerd, zere, zerf, zerk, zerl, zerm, zern, zerod, zeroe, zerol, zeron, zerop, zerot, zerov, zerox, zert, zery, zesr, zeto, zevo, zexo, Ziboh, Zikri, zio, zior, zir, zirc, zire, ziron, zoor, zor, Zork, zoro, zorro, zre, zred, Zura, zure, zurp, zyo, zyro. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "zero" (pronounced zi"rō or zē"rō) |
| 4 | z i" r ō | subzero. |
| 3 | -i" r ō | hero. |
| 3 | -ē" r ō | superhero. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-o-r-z" | |
-1 letter: ore, roe. | |
-2 letters: er, oe, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-o-r-z" | |
+1 letter: croze, dozer, froze, zeros, zoner. | |
+2 letters: bezoar, bonzer, boozer, bronze, cozier, crozer, crozes, doozer, dozers, dozier, fozier, frozen, grosze, momzer, oozier, potzer, rebozo, rezone, rozzer, seizor, zeroed, zeroes, zeroth, zoners, zoster. | |
+3 letters: bezoars, boozers, boozier, bortzes, bromize, bronzed, bronzer, bronzes, cozener, crozers, crozier, doozers, erotize, foozler, heroize, iodizer, ionizer, ironize, momzers, nonzero, odorize, potzers, razored, rebozos, refroze, rezoned, rezones, rhizome, rozzers, scherzo, seizors, snoozer, subzero, unfroze, vizored, woozier, zebroid, zedoary, zeroing, zootier, zorched, zorches, zorille, zosters. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Company Usage 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Abbreviations | 21. Acronyms 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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