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A cipher; nothing; naught.

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  1. n. A cipher; nothing; naught.
  2. n. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.
  3. n. Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.
  4. adj. indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration
  5. adj. having no measurable or otherwise determinable value
  6. adj. indicating an initial point or origin
  7. adj. of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)
  8. n. a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
  9. n. a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
  10. n. the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured
  11. n. the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing
  12. v. adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value