Unscramble zeros

Definition of zero

adjective:

• indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; "a zero score". Synonyms: 0.
• having no measurable or otherwise determinable value; "the goal is zero population growth".
• indicating an initial point or origin.
• of or relating to the null set (a set with no members).

noun:

• 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". Synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zilch, zip, zippo.
• a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number. Synonyms: 0, cipher, cypher, nought.
• the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured. Synonyms: zero point.
• the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing.

verb:

• adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value.
• adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards". Synonyms: zero in.

Related words

nihil.

Words nearby

cero, hero, nero, zeno.

Rhymes with

biro, hero, miro, nero.