"nullity" meaning in All languages combined

See nullity on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nullity.wav Forms: nullities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French nullité and its etymon Medieval Latin nūllitās, from Latin nūllus. By surface analysis, null + -ity. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|nullité}} Middle French nullité, {{bor|en|ML.|nūllitās}} Medieval Latin nūllitās, {{der|en|la|nūllus}} Latin nūllus, {{surf|en|null|-ity}} By surface analysis, null + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nullity (countable and uncountable, plural nullities)
  1. The state of being null, or void, or invalid. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state of being null, or void, or invalid): невалидност (nevalidnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), nullité [feminine] (French), semmisség (Hungarian), érvénytelenség (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-nullity-en-noun-KCxTvpDA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 8 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 44 7 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 3 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 7 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 3 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 53 6 41 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 47 5 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 46 11 43 Disambiguation of 'the state of being null, or void, or invalid': 81 8 11
  2. (law) A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-nullity-en-noun-G5c6hHRh Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 46 11 43 Topics: law
  3. (mathematics) The dimension of the kernel of a linear transformation; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix): nullitás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-nullity-en-noun-1p73YMvD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 8 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 44 7 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 3 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 7 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 3 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 47 5 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 46 11 43 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix': 8 3 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: decree of nullity, rank-nullity theorem

Inflected forms

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