zeroes

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Definitions of zeroes word

noun plural zeroes the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher. 1
noun plural zeroes the origin of any kind of measurement; line or point from which all divisions of a scale, as a thermometer, are measured in either a positive or a negative direction. 1
noun plural zeroes a mathematical value intermediate between positive and negative values. 1
noun plural zeroes naught; nothing. 1
noun plural zeroes the lowest point or degree. 1
noun plural zeroes Linguistics. the absence of a linguistic element, as a phoneme or morpheme, in a position in which one previously existed or might by analogy be expected to exist, often represented by the symbol 0̷: Inflectional endings were reduced to zero. The alternant of the plural morpheme in “sheep” is zero. 1

before 1595

One of the 38% oldest English words

1595-1605; < Italian < Medieval Latin zephirum < Arabic ṣifr cipher

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