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Zero

/ˈzɪəɹəʊ/

The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.

📖 Definitions of "Zero"

noun

1
The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
"In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string."
2
The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
"One million has six zeroes."
3
Nothing, or none.
"He knows zero about humour."
4
The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
"The electromagnetic field does not drop all of the way to zero before a reversal."

verb

1
To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.
"Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction."
2
To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.
"Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization."
3
To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.
"They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter."
4
To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.

adjective

1
No, not any
"She showed zero respect."
2
Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
3
Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
4
Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.
"The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet"."

numeral

1
The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.
"A cheque for zero dollars and zero cents crashed the computers on division by zero."

16 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
cardinalnoun	Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
ciphernoun	A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
noughtverb	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game.
ordinalnoun	An ordinal number such as first, second and third.
aughtnoun	(sometimes proscribed) Zero.
zilchnoun	(uncountable, informal) Nothing, zero.
nixnoun	To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.
nilnoun	Nothing; zero.
nothingnoun	Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
naughtnoun	(archaic) Nothingness.
cyphernoun	A surname from German.
zero inverb	To concentrate or focus one's attention (on a task).
nadanoun	Initialism of National Anti-Doping Agency.
goose eggnoun	(Canada, US, informal) Zero; nothing.
0noun	The origin, starting point, or fixed reference point, especially for a measurement.
zipnoun	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A zip fastener.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
zero inverb	To concentrate or focus one's attention (on a task).
ordinalnoun	An ordinal number such as first, second and third.
cyphernoun	A surname from German.
ciphernoun	A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
nonoun	A county of South Sudan.
nadanoun	Initialism of National Anti-Doping Agency.
cardinalnoun	Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
aughtnoun	(sometimes proscribed) Zero.
zipnoun	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A zip fastener.
nothingnoun	Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
goose eggnoun	(Canada, US, informal) Zero; nothing.
naughtnoun	(archaic) Nothingness.
noughtverb	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game.
nixnoun	To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.
0noun	The origin, starting point, or fixed reference point, especially for a measurement.
zilchnoun	(uncountable, informal) Nothing, zero.
nilnoun	Nothing; zero.
datumnoun	Something known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning or inference which an intellectual system of any sort (such as knowledge or theoretical framework) is constructed.
zero-sum	Of any system where all gains are offset by exactly equal losses.
squarenoun	(geometry) A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.