"empty sum" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: empty sums [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} empty sum (plural empty sums)
  1. (arithmetic) The result of adding no numbers, conventionally defined to equal zero. Wikipedia link: empty sum Categories (topical): Arithmetic Synonyms: nullary sum Related terms: empty product Translations (result of adding no numbers): somme vide [feminine] (French), Nullsumme [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-empty_sum-en-noun-lfZ7CI5A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: arithmetic

Inflected forms

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