Meaning of zero in English

zero

number

/ˈzɪə.rəʊ/ us

/ˈzɪr.oʊ/

plural zeros

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A2 [ C or U ]

(the number) 0; nothing:

Five, four, three, two, one, zero.

The number one million is written with a one and six zeros.

Heavy rain has reduced visibility almost to zero (= its lowest point).

B1 [ U ]

on a set of numbers for comparing temperature in degrees Celsius, the level of temperature at which water freezes:

The temperature is expected to drop to ten degrees below zero tonight.

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Temperatures rarely rise above zero in winter.
Plus 8 is eight more than zero.
The temperature has fallen below zero.
The temperature could fall below zero overnight.
I missed out a zero when dialling her number.

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zero

adjective

/ˈzɪə.rəʊ/ us

/ˈzɪr.oʊ/

nothing or 0 in number:

zero growth/inflation

no or none; used to emphasize that something does not exist:

There's still zero evidence that she was directly involved in the decision.

The plot twist is stupid and obvious and makes zero sense.

He said that his chances of getting the job were zero.

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We strive for zero accidents. Every accident is a terrible tragedy.
To me and many Americans he has zero credibility.
We got zero applause between songs, and the sketches went over so poorly we abandoned one in the middle.
He had zero experience of running a big organization.

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Something, anything, nothing, and everything

(Definition of zero from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

zero | American Dictionary

zero

number

/ˈzɪər·oʊ, ˈzi·roʊ/

plural zeros or zeroes

zero number (NUMBER)

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zero

noun [ U ]

/ˈzɪər·oʊ, ˈzi·roʊ/

zero noun [U] (NOTHING)

nothing; not anything:

Visibility in the fog was just about zero.

zero

adjective [ not gradable ]

/ˈzɪər·oʊ, ˈzi·roʊ/

zero adjective [not gradable] (NOT ANY)

not any or no:

The economy showed zero growth in the first quarter of this year.

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zero | Business English

zero

noun

/ˈzɪərəʊ/ us

plural zeros | or zeroes

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[ C or U ]

the number 0:

They agreed to cut tariffs on 4,000 categories of goods to between zero and 5% by 2013.

[ U ]

nothing at all, or the lowest possible amount:

The intent of sustainable business development is to drive outputs of hazardous waste to zero.

zero cost/growth The economic reform packages stirred the economy from zero growth.

[ U ] MEASURES

on a set of numbers for comparing temperature in degrees Celsius, the level of temperature at which water freezes:

The temperature dropped to ten degrees below zero.

informal

→ zero coupon bond

(Definition of zero from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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Flexible manipulators depending on the number of the output initial and final constraints as well as the number of the unstable zeros associated to (14).

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Of course, with b > 0 and a = 0, the system always resolves immediately to b since the past terms are zeroed.

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The multiplication with bn and b2n only needs appending zeros to the corresponding list.

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In other words, while the same resonances are maintained all over the object, the system zeros vary with the excitation point.

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To partly demonstrate the above remarks, without specifying a force, we consider the poles at the zeros of ihf+ ks in the s plane.

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Because it has the two zeroes p l 0 and p l 1, the problem is reduced to analysing a polynomial of degree three.

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A significant difference is apparent, however, between real overlaps and scrambled zeros overlaps at all except the first rank.

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Customarily, in a cryptarithm distinct letters stand for distinct digits and leading zeros are not allowed.

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If a position in the template was not occupied by a letter, the empty position was coded by eleven zeros.

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Under the ' zeroing ' mechanism the acquisition of government securities became a profitable and practically risk-free business for banks.

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Dropping the primes, then, it suffices to prove the theorem in the case where uses no zeros.

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Usually, these zeros have to be precomputed, as well as the weights, which are also associated with the polynomials.

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Assume that is such that there are no zeroes on the imaginary axis.

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The zeros of q(h)give the natural frequencies of the system.

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One should note that the m-component (figure 5) does not have zeros in the interior of the flow.

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What is the pronunciation of zero?

Translations of zero

in Chinese (Traditional)

（數字）零, 沒有，全無, 零（攝氏）度…

Meaning of zero in English

Idiom

zero | American Dictionary

zero number (NUMBER)

zero noun [U] (NOTHING)

zero adjective [not gradable] (NOT ANY)

zero | Business English

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