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Webster 1913 Edition

Null

Null

,
Adj.
[L.
nullus
not any, none;
ne
not +
ullus
any, a dim. of
unus
one; cf. F.
nul
. See
No
, and
One
, and cf.
None
.]
1.
Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless.
Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly
null
,
Dead perfection; no more.
Tennyson.

Null

,
Noun.
1.
Something that has no force or meaning.
2.
That which has no value; a cipher; zero.
Bacon.
Null method
(Physics.)
,
a zero method. See under
Zero
.

Null

,
Verb.
T.
[From
null
, a., or perh. abbrev. from
annul
.]
To annul.
[Obs.]
Milton.

Null

,
Noun.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
One of the beads in
nulled work
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Null

NULL

,
Verb.
T.
[L. not any.] To annul; to deprive of validity; to destroy. [Not much used.] [See Annul.]

NULL

,
Adj.
Void; of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid. The contract of a minor is null in law, except for necessaries.

NULL

,
Noun.
Something that has no force or meaning. A cipher is called a null. [Not used.]

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