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Encyclopedia > Zero (disambiguation)

Zero can refer to several things.


The following are discussed in the article on the number:

  • the number zero (0).
  • the zero function, a function which is the constant zero.
  • the verb in computer science, which means to erase or set values to zero.

The following meanings are discussed at other articles:


  Results from FactBites:
 
Wikinfo | Zero (930 words)
The numeral or digit zero is used in numeral systems, where the position of a digit signifies its value, with successive positions having higher values, and the digit zero is used to skip a position.
Zero may or may not be counted as a natural number, depending on the definition of natural numbers.
Zero is the identity element in an additive group or the additive identity of a ring.
zero - definition of zero - Labor Law Talk Dictionary (1788 words)
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 or Nought (0) is a number that precedes the positive one, and all positive numbers, and follows negative one, and all negative numbers.
Zero was also used as a numeral in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, from as early as the 4th century BC.
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