ZEROES

ZERO

zero

(noun) the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing

zero, zero point

(noun) the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured

nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo

(noun) 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”

zero, nought, cipher, cypher

(noun) a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

zeroes

plural of zero

(rare) The decade of the 1800s, 1900s, 2000s, etc. The noughties. The 2000s.

Synonyms

• zeros

Verb

zeroes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of zero

Source: Wiktionary

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ZERO

Ze"ro, n; pl. Zeros or Zeroes. Etym: [F. zéro, from Ar. çafrun, çifrun, empty, a cipher. Cf. Cipher.]

1. (Arith.)

Definition: A cipher; nothing; naught.

2. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.

Note: Zero in the Centigrade, or Celsius thermometer, and in the Réaumur thermometer, is at the point at which water congeals. The zero of the Fahrenheit thermometer is fixed at the point at which the mercury stands when immersed in a mixture of snow and common salt. In Wedgwood's pyrometer, the zero corresponds with 1077° on the Fahrenheit scale. See Illust. of Thermometer.

3. Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero. Absolute zero. See under Absolute.

– Zero method (Physics), a method of comparing, or measuring, forces, electric currents, etc., by so opposing them that the pointer of an indicating apparatus, or the needle of a galvanometer, remains at, or is brought to, zero, as contrasted with methods in which the deflection is observed directly; -- called also null method.

– Zero point, the point indicating zero, or the commencement of a scale or reckoning.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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