null

English

/nʌl/

noun
Definitions
  • A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
  • Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
  • Something that has no force or meaning.
  • (computing) the ASCII or Unicode character (), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
  • (computing) the attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
  • One of the beads in nulled work.
  • (statistics) null Null hypothesis.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French nul derived from Latin nūllus (none, not any, no, no one).

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Latin

nūllus

Gloss

none, not any, no, no one

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