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Webster 1913 Edition


Zero

Ze′ro

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Zeros
or
Zeroes
.
[F.
zéro
, from Ar.
çafrun
,
çifrun
, empty, a cipher. Cf.
Cipher
.]
1.
(Arith.)
A cipher; nothing; naught.
2.
The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Zero

ZERO

,
Noun.
Cipher; nothing. The point of a thermometer from which it is graduated. Zero, in the thermometers of Celsius and Reaumur, is at the point at which water congeals. The zero of Fahrenheits thermometer is fixed at the point at which the mercury stands when immersed in a mixture of snow and common salt. In Wedgewoods pyrometer, the zero corresponds with 1077 degrees on Fahrenheits scale.

Definition 2024


zéró

zéró

See also: zero, Zero, zéro, and żero

Hungarian

Numeral

zéró

  1. (cardinal) zero

See also

Noun

zéró (plural zérók)

  1. zero

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative zéró zérók
accusative zérót zérókat
dative zérónak zéróknak
instrumental zéróval zérókkal
causal-final zéróért zérókért
translative zéróvá zérókká
terminative zéróig zérókig
essive-formal zéróként zérókként
essive-modal
inessive zéróban zérókban
superessive zérón zérókon
adessive zérónál zéróknál
illative zéróba zérókba
sublative zéróra zérókra
allative zéróhoz zérókhoz
elative zéróból zérókból
delative zéróról zérókról
ablative zérótól zéróktól
Possessive forms of zéró
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. zéróm zéróim
2nd person sing. zéród zéróid
3rd person sing. zérója zérói
1st person plural zérónk zéróink
2nd person plural zérótok zéróitok
3rd person plural zérójuk zéróik