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
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
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
RĂ©aumur 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