zero plural
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The plural form of zero is zeros
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- noun plural zero the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher. 1
- noun plural zero 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 zero a mathematical value intermediate between positive and negative values. 1
- noun plural zero naught; nothing. 1
- noun plural zero the lowest point or degree. 1
- noun plural zero 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
- noun plural zero Ordnance. a sight setting for both elevation and windage on any particular range causing a projectile to strike the center of the target on a normal day, under favorable light conditions, with no wind blowing. 1
- noun plural zero Mathematics. the identity element of a group in which the operation is addition. (of a function, especially of a function of a complex variable) a point at which a given function, usually a function of a complex variable, has the value zero; a root. 1
- noun plural zero (initial capital letter) a single-engine Japanese fighter plane used in World War II. 1