null

English Online Dictionary. What means null‎? What does null mean?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French nul, from Latin nūllus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA^(key): /nʌl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /nʌl/, /nʊl/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /nɐl/, /nal/
• Rhymes: -ʌl, -ʊl

Noun

null (plural nulls)

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. (computing) 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. (computing) The attribute of an entity that has no valid value.

6. One of the beads in nulled work.
7. (statistics) The null hypothesis.

Translations

Adjective

null (comparative more null, superlative most null)

1. Having no validity; "null and void".
2. Insignificant.
3. Absent or non-existent.
4. (mathematics) Of the null set.
5. (mathematics) Of or comprising a value of precisely zero.
6. (genetics, of a mutation) Causing a complete loss of gene function; amorphic.
7. (mechanical engineering, of a position or setting) Neutral.

Antonyms

• antinull
• non-null

Derived terms

Verb

null (third-person singular simple present nulls, present participle nulling, simple past and past participle nulled)

1. (transitive, archaic) 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. (computing, slang, transitive) To crack; to remove restrictions or limitations in (software).

Related terms

• annul
• nulled work

See also

• nil
• \0 (computing)
• ∅ (linguistic morphology)
• ∅ (set theory)

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Latin nūllus (“none”).

Numeral

null

1. (Luserna) zero

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Estonian

Etymology

From German Null.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnulʲː/, [ˈnulʲː]
• Rhymes: -ulʲː
• Hyphenation: null

Numeral

null (genitive nulli, partitive nulli)

1. zero

Declension

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin nullus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʊlː/
• Rhymes: -ʊlː

Numeral

null

1. zero

Noun

null n (genitive singular nuls, plural null)

1. (mathematics) the numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero

Declension

German

Etymology

From the noun Null (“the number zero”), from Italian nulla, from Latin nulla, feminine singular of nullus (“no, none”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʊl/

Numeral

null

1. (cardinal number) zero; nil; nought; (tennis) love (integer number between −1 and 1, denoting no quantity at all)

2. (colloquial) zero; no

   Synonym: (überhaupt) kein

Coordinate terms

Adjective

null (strong nominative masculine singular nuller, not comparable)

1. (specialist, law, chiefly predicative) null (having no validity)

Declension

Derived terms

• null und nichtig (also in common use)

Further reading

• “null” in Duden online and “null” in Duden online; cp. “Null” in Duden online and “Null” in Duden online
• “null” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache; cp. “Null” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Etymology

Borrowed from German null

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnul/
• Hyphenation: null

Numeral

null

1. zero

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin nullus (“no one, none, no”), from Proto-Italic *ne oinolos, from Proto-Italic *oinos (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

Determiner

null

1. no (determiner: not any)

   ha null penger - to have no money

Numeral

null

1. zero, nought, nil

Noun

null m (definite singular nullen, indefinite plural nuller, definite plural nullene)
null n (definite singular nullet, indefinite plural null or nuller, definite plural nulla or nullene)

1. zero (numeric symbol of zero), nought, nil
2. a nobody or nonentity (derogatory about a person)

Derived terms

• nullstille
• nulltoleranse
• nullvekst

References

• “null” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin nullus.

Determiner

null

1. no (determiner: not any)

   ha null pengar - to have no money

Numeral

null

1. zero, nought, nil

Noun

null m (definite singular nullen, indefinite plural nullar, definite plural nullane)
null n (definite singular nullet, indefinite plural null, definite plural nulla)

1. zero (numeric symbol of zero), nought, nil
2. a nobody or nonentity (derogatory about a person)

Derived terms

• nulltoleranse
• nullvekst

References

• “null” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German null.

Numeral

null

1. zero