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null

Pronunciation: /nʌl/

The English word “null” has 18 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
  2. Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
  3. Something that has no force or meaning.
  4. The null character; the ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, which indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
  5. The attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
  6. One of the beads in nulled work.
  7. The null hypothesis.

adjective

  1. Having no validity; "null and void".
  2. Insignificant.
  3. Absent or non-existent.
  4. Of the null set.
  5. Of or comprising a value of precisely zero.
  6. Causing a complete loss of gene function; amorphic.
  7. Neutral.

verb

  1. To nullify; to annul.
  2. To return to the null position, setting, etc.
  3. To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe.
  4. To crack; to remove restrictions or limitations in (software).

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French nul, from Latin nūllus.

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