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zero

the quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale

a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; "a zero score"

indicating an initial point or origin

of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)

adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards"

adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value

Synonyms:

• absolute zero,
• aught,
• blank,
• boiling point,
• cipher,
• concentrate on,
• dew point,
• duck,
• dud,
• dummy,
• fix on,
• focus on,
• freezing point,
• goose egg,
• hollow man,
• home in on,
• insignificancy,
• jackstraw,
• lay figure,
• man of straw,
• melting point,
• nada,
• nadir,
• naught,
• nebbish,
• nichts,
• nihil,
• nil,
• nix,
• no such thing,
• nobody,
• nonentity,
• nothing,
• nothing at all,
• nothing on earth,
• nothing whatever,
• nought,
• null,
• nullity,
• pinpoint,
• puppet,
• pushover,
• recalescence point,
• rock bottom,
• temperature,
• thing of naught,
• trifle,
• void,
• whiffet,
• whippersnapper,
• zero in on,
• zilch