zero (
http://definr.com/zero)
adj 1: indicating the absence of any or all units under
consideration; "a zero score" [syn:
0]
2: having no measurable or otherwise determinable value; "the
goal is zero population growth" [syn:
zero(a)]
3: indicating an initial point or origin
4: of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)
n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had
ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had
done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all
for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn:
nothing,
nil,
nix,
nada,
null,
aught,
cipher,
cypher,
goose egg,
naught,
zilch,
zip]
2: a mathematical element that when added to another number
yields the same number [syn:
0,
nought,
cipher,
cypher]
3: the quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale
[syn:
zero point]
v 1: to adjust to zero value, of an instrument or device
2: adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a
gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards" [syn:
zero in]